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...Perhaps it will. But just in case, Russia is looking to make another movie to shore up its version of the conflict. Renowned Serbian director Emir Kusturica declined the project last month following a meeting with its Russian backers in a Moscow nightclub. But don't be surprised if those behind the film sign someone else up and Russian moviegoers soon get yet another take on a familiar subject...
...critics complain that Toyota was slow to acknowledge the problem, and may still not be dealing with it adequately. "I don't think Toyota has handled it well," says Clarence Ditlow, the director of the Center of Auto Safety in Washington, D.C. Ditlow says the record shows that Toyota executives first became aware of a possible problem 10 years ago - a scenario Toyota disputes - when the company replaced the floor mats on Lexus models sold in Great Britain. "There have been six different defect petitions [filed with the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration, or NHTSA]," says Ditlow...
David Cole, director of Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich., says it is probably too soon to tell how much damage the controversy has done to Toyota's image for quality and reliability. "Every company rests its business on a few pillars. For Toyota, one of the key pillars is quality," Cole says. "How you manage the issue becomes very critical." It certainly didn't help that the accelerator recall also follows by one day the recall of 100,000 Toyota-made pickup trucks because of rust problems. Toyota is rated the highest in dependability among all automakers...
...Polling Director John D. Della Volpe described young adults as “outliers” when compared to the rest of the voting population because of their enthusiastic support for Obama during the election. But he said that they now mirror the rest of the population with their approval ratings...
...program is absolutely unique,” says Matthew C. Stone ’11, assistant director of “Stairs to the Roof.” “These are all teachers that you would find at the A.R.T. Institute and even more people that they are bringing in from outside. It’s the highest level of acting training that you could possibly find at Harvard...