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...system that could cause a glitch if the car traveled over a bumpy surface. The Lexus is Toyota's top-selling luxury model - bad enough - but the Prius is its darling, a car that demonstrated the company's ability to solve technical issues that kept other automakers from fielding gas-electric hybrids, at the same time clinching Toyota's green cred. Only last month at the Detroit Auto Show, executives described the Prius as the cornerstone of Toyota's future growth. Toyota planned to sell a million hybrids a year globally, most of them in North America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Troubles at Toyota | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

...illustrate the universality of certain moral intuitions, Hauser presented two hypothetical options for saving a group of seven people in a closed room—pressing a button to divert poisonous gas from the room or pushing a person into a ventilation shaft to stop the gas from reaching the room...

Author: By Adam T. Horn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Rethinks Origins of Religion | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

Asked to comment in English during an "emergency" press conference held last Friday on the eight million cars being recalled worldwide due to sticky gas pedals, Toyota president Akio Toyoda, taking the public stand for the first time since the first recalls were announced in the U.S. a couple of weeks ago, implored his audience to have faith that he could turn the company's turn of bad luck around. "Please believe me," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Tokyo, Embattled Toyota Chief Faces a Nation | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...their side, the Fonseka supporters started chasing their attackers through narrow alleyways of the city center, while high-ranking police officers gave orders to launch water cannons and teargas. By about noon, the main road leading to the country's highest court resembled a small battlefield. The thuds of gas rifles echoed through the government housing complex nearby as police tried to stop Fonseka supporters in their chase. The clashes left eight injured, though none seriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sri Lankan Protesters Take to the Streets | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...choreography improves considerably toward the end of “Commie Dearest,” finishing off the play with a ludicrous, characteristically Pudding-style bang that leaves the audience wanting more.Three characters in gas masks perform a hilarious dance that starts off as militaristic marching and, in a matter of minutes, unravels into a raunchy strip tease. Vibrant, elaborate costumes enhance the outrageous acting and compliment the choreography, especially in the show’s final kickline. This kickline brings yet another unexpected twist to the motley crew of crazy characters who inhabit this unconventional town, ultimately revealing...

Author: By Sarah E. Rich, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pudding Drags Despite Their ‘Dearest’ Efforts | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

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