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General Motors is 100 years old this year, but its chances of reaching 101 as an independent company seem to be diminishing. GM is running out of cash and ideas and pursuing merger talks with Chrysler, which is also talking to Nissan. Ford Motor Co. this year celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Model T, an invention that significantly altered almost every aspect of American life from shopping to sex. But Americans are doing demonstrably less of the former when it comes to cars. Sales are braking quickly, and this month are expected to be at their lowest level...
Terrible sales, however, are only one part of the many difficulties that have engulfed American carmakers. GM, Ford and Chrysler, are also facing monumental financial challenges that have left them with poor credit ratings, making it prohibitively expensive to raise cash to finance auto sales...
...conventional reasoning, but how can you ignore the time-tested strategy of establishing the running game when you have two great tailbacks, as Cornell does in Luke Siwula and Randy Barbour? The duo only has a combined 106 carries on the entire season while poor Big Red quarterback Nathan Ford has been forced to throw the ball 116 times in just his last two games. It just barely worked against so-so Lehigh two weeks ago, but last week’s 38-17 loss to Harvard should convince Cornell coach Jim Knowles to spread the wealth...
...Snider requests a copy, reads it in one day, pitches it, writes a synopsis, and ends up pitching it again to a studio head, who recognizes her taste and drive. The book becomes the bestselling novel “Presumed Innocent,” the film adaptation stars Harrison Ford, and Snider becomes much more than a secretary.Snider, who is known for her reliable intuition, has learned by now what makes a good film, both commercially and artistically.“You have to have a strong idea for a hit movie, a strong core idea that resonates emotionally...
...Well, actually, I think I have," says Riley, with a smile. And now we are listening, as citizens and as students. "Gerald Ford's fundamental decency. Jimmy Carter's discipline. Ronald Reagan's sunny optimism. George H.W. Bush's diplomatic instincts. Bill Clinton's intellectual curiosity. And George W. Bush's dogged determination...