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...Toyota has now made two recalls in the U.S. The first, involving 4.9 million cars, was triggered by a problematic floor mat that could come loose and jam the gas pedal open. The second, of 2.3 million vehicles on Jan. 21, concerned a problem with the gas-pedal mechanism itself. Toyota told drivers to remove the floor mats; its fix for the sticky pedal requires a free 30-min. shop repair. The DOT has urged owners of the 11 recalled models to use caution and get to a dealer. Still unknown: whether an electronic problem is also a culprit...
...SOCH was bouncin’ last Thursday night with a juice bar, platters loaded with b.good sliders, and a dance floor full of freshmen eager to learn some new moves for the Snowball, the freshman winter formal held the next day in the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The fun was, of course, completely dry. After all, this was “How To Dance Sober,” an event hosted by DAPA, whose funds are used to support safe, alcohol-free social events across campus...
Following another woeful game, my spine grew intimate with the uncompromising floor of a studio apartment. That was the least of my worries, as the bitter cold forced me to don a hat and coat while attempting to fall asleep...
...Maybe not, but what comes out of Elmendorf's office is just about the closest thing there is to holy writ in Washington these days. In a nondescript building across a freeway from the Capitol, on a floor where J. Edgar Hoover once housed the FBI's fingerprint files, the CBO has for decades been regarded as the unbiased scorekeeper in the capital's never-ending budget battles, which alone gets to judge whether legislation will add to or lighten the national debt. A bumper sticker posted on a billboard in the hallway gives you an idea of what passes...
...best few days for Gates. At the Arg Palace in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told Afghan and foreign journalists that the country's security forces would be dependent on the U.S. for at least 15 years. Gates stared stonily at the floor in front of him, then politely corrected the Afghan President. A few days later in the New York Times, Maureen Dowd lamented that puppets just aren't what they used...