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...could certainly use a sexy model to turn heads its way. Only a few years ago, VW was riding high with iconic cars like the Jetta and New Beetle, vehicles that delivered performance and brand charisma. But BMW's Mini swiped the Beetle's cool factor, and lots of competitors have been making midsize value machines better than Jetta. Sales in the U.S. plunged 37% from 2001 through 2005, when VW sold just 224,195 cars. With a market share of just 1.4%, it's outsold even by Kia. The North American business is a bleeder too, losing nearly...
...many people would ask a perfect, and unseen, stranger for advice on such sensitive matters. Anonymity, for starters, says David M., 20, a college student who found EWC by going to Google and typing in "free advice." David, who prefers to remain anonymous, says overly critical parents are another factor causing young people to look for outside help. "My father has always been pretty tough on me," he says, "and I needed some advice from someone who's not invested in my future." His problem: a life filled with college classes, work, exercise, hanging out with friends--and so much...
...touch football and all other "chase" games--during recess, a move that made national headlines. As in schools from South Carolina to Wyoming that have implemented similar bans recently, Attleboro administrators cite fears that children could get hurt and their parents might sue. According to some parents, another factor was concern that such games could hurt self-esteem if, say, one kid were always...
...claims of economics certainly deserve to be taken seriously, and markets are, of course, important. Yet its proponents seem to be infatuated with the idea that markets are the primary determining factor in our lives. They remind us of the old Marxists, who, in their sophomoric naivety kept “discovering” underlying economic causes in everything. One must bear in mind that economics is quite a young discipline. Rewarding it too early might reduce its incentive to grow...
...many conditions for diplomacy-particularly in negotiations with rogue states like Iran and Syria-and needs to engage in diplomacy for its own sake. Haass said a regional forum was also needed because of the growing "militiaization" of the former Sunni state-a factor he said was growing in intensity. He said Washington will need the Syrians to help quell their clients in Iraq, Iran to shut down its operatives and so forth. Would it work? "It's worth a try," he said...