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...much. At least not from an engineering, mechanical or even a quality point of view. You don't reach the top gear in the global auto industry unless you make outstanding cars, which Toyota does - most of the time. Though cars are familiar machines, they are also highly complex ones. To create a modern car, a company has to design, engineer, build, buy and then assemble some 10,000 parts. Sell 7.8 million cars, as Toyota did worldwide in 2009 - a horrible year for the industry - and there are billions of new parts with the potential to go kerflooey. Inevitably...
...Trouble was in the air. Another group was mingling near the statue of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, holding posters of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The opposition had scheduled a protest near the statue - the first of many, according to organizers - demanding the release of Fonseka. Police, some in riot gear and with water cannons at the ready, stationed themselves between the two groups to prevent a clash. (See a two-minute bio of Sarath Fonseka...
...another gear,” Stone said. “The more she plays in that gear, the better our team’s going...
...freshman really got into gear in the new decade, scoring five goals in the past four games, the Crimson’s first unbeaten streak of the season. He scored two goals to lead Harvard to a 3-2 victory over No. 5 Yale, and then tallied two more the next game against Dartmouth. This makes Leblanc the first player to turn in back-to-back multi-goal games since Dominic Moore last performed the feat nearly seven years prior...
...style. "People like to drive away quick [from traffic lights]," says Slym. "They don't like anyone to get in front of them so your transmission has to allow you to move away from the lights quickly, but also has to allow you to drive in traffic in second gear." (See GM's great hopes...