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...returned to Congress last week to plead for help, the automakers asked for $34 billion in order to avoid bankruptcy. Most economists agree that if even one of the Big Three - Chrysler, General Motors or Ford - were to file for Chapter 11, it would have a potentially crippling cascade effect on the economy. The automakers and their suppliers employ more than 2.5 million American workers - nearly one in 10 U.S. jobs. The $15 billion is intended to see Chrysler and GM in particular - Ford is in better financial shape and is not asking for any short-term help - through...
...parodies of themselves. The idea of learning about the “arrivals” inherent in English writing is stimulating, but unless one is able to weed through terms like “embarrassment of riches” in order to reach the core of the module, the effect is lost. The same critique applies to the “Diffusions” module, whose description declares that students will ponder, “What does it mean to belong to a where, and what are the signs, and forms, and idioms, of belonging—and unbelonging...
...example, if a bacteria is treated with two drugs, A and B, and becomes resistant to drug A, then drug A is no longer an effective treatment. But if drug A suppresses some of the effect of drug B, then developing a resistance to drug A might allow drug B to become more potent, thus having an overall deleterious effect on the bacteria. In effect, Kishony said, “getting beat up by one is worse than getting beat up by both...
...This plane crash cannot be understood just on the basis of the individual, it has to be understood as part of a much larger cultural context.” In “Outliers,” Gladwell reiterates this point, using anecdotes to argue that culture can effect catastrophes and create superstars—in the book, Gladwell notes that Bill Gates happened to be born in the age of the computer, and to have access to some of the earliest machines. When asked what role individual choice plays, Gladwell responded, “To my annoyance, some reviewers...
This week at Guantánamo, Khaled Sheik Mohammed and four other defendants in the 9/11 case unexpectedly announced they would make "confessions," in effect pleading guilty. All potentially face the death penalty. Mohammed, who has said he seeks martyrdom, told the judge he had no faith in the Guantánamo trials, in his Pentagon-appointed lawyers or in the judge himself. "I don't trust you," he said, adding, "We don't want to waste time." It is not yet clear whether the defendents' motion will be accepted by the court...