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...only did deal-driven Toyota score big, so did laggards like General Motors, which stayed skimpy on incentives. GM's overall sales were up 21%, but sales increased 43% for its four core brands - Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick - that survived the company's bankruptcy...
America should keep these considerations in mind as it moves forward in its relationship with Israel and the other nations of the Middle East. But it also needs to remember a more abstract set of important principles. In general, it is prudent not to consider alliances permanent, but instead to reassess them regularly. While the U.S. is a far greater presence on the world stage than our founders envisioned, there is still wisdom in George Washington’s admonition to “steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
...voice to their sincere reactions to Mr. Kramer’s statements, reactions that many of us feel those positions deserve. Their words are statements of resistance to attitudes that can easily be taken as racist and inhumane. It demonstrates the strength of our university and our society in general when its members insist on opposing what they believe to be hateful statements, especially ones that initially appear to be supported by a venerable institution such as Harvard. As these students are no doubt aware, the remarks described were not uttered at or under the auspices of Harvard...
...Harding, a two-star Army general, retired in 2001 and two years later set up a company with his wife as his partner. Then, in 2008, their company landed a nearly $100 million contract from the Army that involved identifying people via retinal scans and other unique biometrics. Harding's company was the only bidder, according to the Washington Post. The company collected about $200 million in federal contracts before Harding sold it last year...
...with any magic formula ... Inshallah, we will provide the services as soon as possible." The entire Marjah project - which is meant to be a model for all Afghanistan - will rest on the ability of the Afghan government to make good on that. The early returns are not promising. Commanding General Stanley McChrystal promised a "government in a box" that would unwrap itself as soon as the Taliban were tossed from town, but several U.S. civilian aid workers told me that the Afghan ministries were slow off the mark and hadn't yet arrived. The real work of winning Marjah hadn...