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...good publicity is a boon to Ford, which just three months ago was savaged by the greens over the introduction of the giant Excursion utility truck. The Sierra Club dubbed it the Ford Valdez, after the ill-fated oil tanker. The company's new attitude toward the environment reflects a slow shift throughout the industry toward greener machines. Yet the challenge remains: how to balance consumers' craving for size and speed with the need for clean air. At least this time, Ford did both...
However, this argument is flawed. First, the University has always claimed it meets students' needs, yet this year it increased the total financial aid package by $2,000 per student--a boon for students, but also a sign that the University could have been doing more...
...fact, this sort of Web transparency can actually be a boon to worried parents. If your teenager is going places in the material world and doing things that you wouldn't approve of, you may never know it. If he's connecting with the world's ugliness on the Web, you may have a chance to track it down. Some parents make a regular practice of typing their kids' names and nicknames into a search engine, which gives the parents a shot at discovering what the kids are saying on their own websites or on message boards and what others...
Hoffmann, who had not played a role in the case until Wednesday, declined to comment, but Nesson suggested public support from a University professor was a significant boon for Berkowitz...
...Melodramas are a boon for opera!" he said...