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...Both companies have been hobbled by poor quality and productivity for years, and Ford clearly spent huge sums to attempt to correct those problems. "Most of the hard work's over, the real painful things have been done, at Ford's expense," Nagley believes. All Tata needs to do is continue to spend the money needed to make Ford's investment pay off. Given that Tata is India's biggest conglomerate, cash shouldn't be a problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ford and Tata Finalize $2.3B Deal | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

...adventure he craves, her stories sparking what he calls a "buzzing in my groin." She speaks of her tough upbringing in Belgrade with her one-eyed father, a decorated communist hero who cut off the fingers of several Croats. She becomes the counterpoint to everything middle-class and politically correct, comparing Albanians to apes and taunting Chris with accounts of her sexual exploits. He breathes in every detail as fodder for his fantasies. "I only wanted to sleep with her, really, but when you're fascinated by a woman you'll settle for her stories," he says. Roza, in turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Louis de Bernières: Going Nowhere | 3/26/2008 | See Source »

Moscow's response was far less generous. For the second time since coming to power, Andropov chose to respond personally to a U.S. initiative through an interview with Pravda. He began by conceding that part of what Reagan said was correct: "True, the Soviet Union did strengthen its defense capability. Faced with feverish U.S. efforts to establish military bases near Soviet territory, to develop ever new types of nuclear and other weapons, the U.S.S.R. was compelled to do so." But then he struck back, saying of his American counterpart: "He tells a deliberate lie asserting that the Soviet Union does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Reagan for the Defense | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

...preferences. In the early nineties, however, it became clear that allowing students to preference their housing choices was fostering sharp divisions within undergraduate life. Most notably, although Harvard was becoming more racially and ethnically diverse, various undergraduate houses were becoming more racially homogenous. This alarmed College higher-ups. To correct for this discrepancy, randomization was born...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: The Collective Identity | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

...Richardson said she never made a special effort to correct the widespread public misinformation...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Sound of Silence | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

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