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...launch its first hybrid model next year, about a decade after Toyota put hybrids on the market. Nissan's tardiness is no accident; Ghosn has long believed that hybrids are money pits for manufacturers. Still does. "I'm skeptical of the business case," he says. Nonetheless, Nissan is playing catch-up in a hot automotive area. Hybrid sales overall are booming, up 23% this year, and even Porsche and BMW are getting into...
...played a bad game, it’s not his fault at all,” Reese said. “I just think they want to keep him confident for the future. No reason to ruin a guy’s confidence.”Forced to play catch-up hockey, the Crimson squandered six additional man-advantage opportunities in the final two periods. In each case, Harvard managed few quality shots, launching just two in two third-period power plays, and could mount only sporadic pressure at the Tigers?...
...Xbox Live, the online service, has proved popular with gamers--and Microsoft recently announced HD movie and TV-show downloads for it, a possible killer app. Sony has similar aspirations for its online offering, which is getting a major upgrade with the PS3, though for now it's playing catch...
...only in France. There were no nasty aspersions nor revelations about her home life. She merely proposed that middle school teachers should be compelled to be on the job for 35 hours a week. "We have an absurd system where we have companies on the stock exchange that offer catch-up courses for students, and the people teaching those courses are public sector teachers," she said on a tape officially recording a closed meeting of provincial Socialist officials in Angers last January. "How is it they have time to do paid tutoring but no time to help kids in public...
...three quick goals in a second-half offensive surge. But John Hopkins returned with a few of its own, pulling ahead too far for Harvard to overcome.“In the third and fourth, they went up by maybe three or four, and we were trying to play catch-up,” Garcia said. PRINCETON 9, HARVARD 8A last-second shot ended the Crimson’s hopes for claiming victory over Princeton. With the score tied at eight, the Tigers nailed a lob shot from the two-spot to slip ahead in the last nine seconds...