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...Katrina dealt another knockdownpunch to Detroit. Ford and General Motors rely heavily on full-size SUVs for profits, and sales of those vehicles were softening even before the latest surge in gas prices. "We have some dealers we haven't been able to contact," says Ford spokesman George Pipas, who estimates that 40 Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealerships in southern Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana were affected by the storm. Katrina forced Nissan to close its assembly plant in Canton, Miss., 211 miles north of New Orleans. When the plant reopened, employees reported they were having a hard time finding...
...really surprised when it ended up being dealt with by the Cambridge court,” the defendant said. “I felt as though they had implied that it would not be handled by the court in order to make us more willing to give up our rights and strengthen their case against...
...came to be associated first with an insubstantial work of chick-literature. Although I am not a Harvard College graduate, I was the student chief justice at Wellesley College many years ago and presided over many plagiarism cases. Intellectual integrity cannot be compromised at an academic institution. Kaavya has dealt Harvard’s reputation a blow by associating the Harvard name (no doubt part of the marketing strategy) first with chick-literature and then with plagiarism—all for a quick $500,000 advance. MARTHA M. RE Metairie, La. April...
...achieving a resolution and to stop this genocide,” said Fashir. He urged audience members to create a “strong public pressure” in light of what he called mounting American opposition to the happenings in Darfur. Osman said that justice needs to be dealt to those responsible for the conflict in Darfur before a resolution can be reached. “For the survivors, the issue of justice is very much related to the protection of survivors. They need to disarm the Janjaweed,” Osman said, referring to what Fashir called...
...instance, Senators Lindsey O. Graham and Charles E. Schumer ’71 proposed a 27.5 percent tariff on all Chinese imports until the Dollar-Yuan exchange rate adjusts and American products become more competitive. Though our $202 billion trade deficit with China is unsustainable and must be dealt with, the lessons of Ec10 must be heeded. Although trade barriers may boost domestic industry and lower the unemployment rate in some sectors, they choke off the flow of cheap imports into the U.S. The increase in the cost of living far outweighs the gains made by keeping uncompetitive businesses afloat...