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...profits have been crucial to the auto industry's rebounding economic performance over the past few years. That has meant more jobs not only in Michigan but in other states that produce SUV components. Which is partly why SUVs live in a kind of unprickable bubble in Washington. SUVs can get horrible gas mileage because the 1975 law that created fuel-efficiency standards made a distinction between cars and light trucks. (SUVs count as trucks because of their weight and off-road capability.) Everyone agrees that when the fuel-efficiency law was passed, Congress had no intention of exempting...
...Flynn played in the final three minutes [of the game against Vermont], the most crucial time,” Grumet-Morris said. “That speaks volumes about the confidence the coaching staff and the team...
Iraq's al-Samoud 2 missile may be more useful to Saddam Hussein as a sacrificial offering, right now, than as an artillery weapon. As Britain, Spain and the U.S. square off against France, Germany and Russia in a crucial Security Council debate over Iraqi disarmament, UN weapons inspectors have demanded that Iraq destroy its entire arsenal of the offending missile by March 1. Chief inspector Dr. Hans Blix has declined to negotiate with Baghdad over that demand - leaving no doubt that failure to comply would lead him to report to the Security Council that Iraq has failed a benchmark...
...want to age with your customers," says Akarlilar Jr. "That's one of the worst things you can do, especially with jeans. It's always an issue for us." To avoid that, the company nurtures a young, multicultural design team, mostly in their 20s. Travel is crucial; Akarlilar says he spends about two-thirds of his time on the road, roaming the globe for new ideas. A visit by Akarlilar's sister Elif to Rio inspired her to introduce a Latin edge to the collection. It's ironic that Turkey's first successful overseas retail brand should be jeans...
...reunification. Instead, Annan will have to address the ideology of canny President-elect Papadopoulos, who has a long, rejectionist history of opposing settlements. Annan can take some comfort from the fact that Papadopoulos recently seems to have had a change of heart. During his election campaign, Papadopoulos had the crucial backing of AKEL, Cyprus' powerful communist party, which is strongly in favor of reunification. "Papadopoulos had to soften up because ... AKEL is traditionally moderate and open with the Turkish Cypriot community," says one Cypriot political strategist in Nicosia. In his victory speech, Papadopoulos made a point of pledging to work...