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...other bikes have air-cooled ones. The success of these models, due in part to people's turning to fuel-efficient motorcycles because of higher gas prices, has helped Buell boost U.S. sales 15% over the past year, even though the motorcycle industry's sales as a whole are flat because of the economic downturn. At $11,995 a pop, these toys aren't cheap. Still, 55% of the company's market remains overseas, and a weaker dollar helps an exporter like Buell...
...familiar features, but it is far more diverse. They still make stuff here, albeit with 8,400 fewer workers over 10 years. But commodity metals have been abandoned in favor of higher-value alloys like titanium. Importantly, the metal companies here now serve global industries that have been going flat out, such as power generation, energy, mining and transportation...
...human brain is surely the most sophisticated data-processing machine in the world, except when it's not. In fact, in some ways our brains can be flat-out crude--like when they're dealing with matters of race...
...program began with a trio comprised of Alex Y. Shiozaki ’09 on violin, Kathryn S. Austin ’09 on cello, and John M. Sullivan ’09 on piano playing Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 70. No. 2.” After the piece, Previn offered criticism of the performance, with both compliments and suggestions for improvements. Besides calling the trio “absolutely wonderful,” he also offered some finer points, such as where to accent certain notes...
...unashamed liberal internationalist, happy to call antiglobalization activists hypocrites. But he also recognizes the severe damage American adventurism has done to Washington's image over the past few years and warns against exaggerating the impact of globalization on billions of poor people. The world, he says, is not "entirely flat...