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...production locations, are some of the highest in the industry. VW has tried to offset the cost by moving production to eastern Germany, where it qualifies for government aid and wages are lower, and further east to countries like Slovakia. Pischetsrieder - known as a "gear-head" with a good grasp of finance and marketing - is implementing a plan to save $3.4 billion over the next five years. He wants to cut costs by sharing more components across VW's models and brands, like engines, transmissions and ventilation systems. To instill a sense of entrepreneurship and accountability, he has set profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revving Up Volkswagen | 11/2/2003 | See Source »

...does, though, acknowledge that this is a hard fact to grasp...

Author: By Joseph L. Dimento, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Critical View | 10/24/2003 | See Source »

...problem inherent in living a life of alertness in pursuit of self-knowledge. In a word, Wainwright manages to describe at points what it means to lead a life of logic, rationality and learning while embroiled in a mist of madness, illogical complications and all that the mind cannot grasp...

Author: By Sarah R. Lehrer-graiwer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Album Review | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

Mallinson couldn’t even begin to grasp how right...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Recruits Become Dream Team | 10/17/2003 | See Source »

...someone else from your school makes it, it all becomes within your grasp,” Nelson says. Still, he says he is surprised at the strength of Yale’s showing this election cycle, calling it “a vast overrepresentation of one school...

Author: By Jonathan P. Abel and Faryl Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Presidential Game | 10/15/2003 | See Source »

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