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...Then came a turn of the ignition - April sales reports from the Big Three automakers. GM led the way with a 13 percent increase in sales. Chrysler posted a 3 percent gain. And even beleaguered Ford's report that its sales shrank by 7.4 percent for the month had a silver lining of sorts - the drop was mostly due to fallen fleet sales to rental-car agencies with post-Sept. 11 travel woes; this April's sales to actual people was as good as last year's. And besides - at least it was Ford's first single-digit decline...
...lifted by a 24 percent gain in sales of pickups, SUVs and minivans and suddenly the king of Detroit again, estimated that the industry's total U.S. sales would be up about 2.5 percent for the month. (Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen also posted inched-up U.S. sales numbers Wednesday.) That puts the industry on an annual U.S. sales pace of some 18 million vehicles, far stronger than originally estimated and enough - if they can keep it up - for carmakers to log one of the best U.S. sales years in history...
...need to gain the heart of our people,” De Roux said. “Colombia is [one of the few] countries that entered the 21st century without a national community...
Just like many other extra-curriculars, sporting competition can often be a worthwhile activity. High school athletes often assume leadership positions, learn to understand the importance of discipline to achieving a goal and gain considerable self-esteem playing sports. Although these sporting experiences should be valued, mere sporting ability should not. Just because someone is seven-feet-tall and a basketball star, does not mean that person should be given admissions priority. Admissions officers must make sure that such students, whose primary activity was athletics, be judged as much on the value of their work as on their athletic prowess...
...tight end spot, Fratto’s absence allowed freshman Adam Jenkins and Zach Puchtel to log many minutes on Friday. Both appeared shaky at times, but as they gain experience, they should add depth to the position...