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Johnny Damon, the fleet-footed Sox centerfielder, gave Hendricks a pair of cleats. “You know us Big Leaguers,” Damon said. “We have tons of shoes...
...luck. A fleet of fuel-efficient hybrid and clean-diesel models is arriving at dealerships over the next few months--and they aren't your typical tin-box green machines. Automakers are delivering what seemed unthinkable just a few years ago--midsize cars and SUVs with the horsepower, performance and size that Americans expect, plus improved fuel economy. Hybrid cars are propelled by a combination of a gas engine and an electric motor--a complicated technology that still draws blank stares, even though hybrids have been on the market for nearly five years. The latest versions, however, might be summed...
...executives are now playing up their hybrid efforts and racing to retool assembly lines in order to crank out up to 1 million hybrids by 2007. The company delivered a mild-hybrid version of its full-size Chevy Silverado pickup to Miami-Dade County's government fleet last month, and plans to make the vehicles available to consumers this fall. Over the next few weeks, GM says, it will deliver 234 hybrid buses to the city of Seattle. GM executive Larry Burns claims that those buses will provide the fuel savings of 8,000 hybrid cars on the road...
...Practice: Fleet Street," which follows James Spader's character into the world of civil law. Think that can't be as scary as criminal practice? Think again: it costars William Shatner...
...carve out savings, Arpey says he shamelessly borrowed ideas from competitors. He reversed his predecessor's policy of expanding legroom, adding seats in one-fourth of the fleet so American could cut fares even further. Emulating low-cost carrier Southwest, American is simplifying its fleet, from 14 types of planes to six by September. Picking up on an idea from TWA, which American bought in 2001, pilots suggested taxiing on one engine instead of two to save fuel. Not all the changes were bloodless. The company's 10,500 pilots agreed to the biggest layoff in airline history...