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...morning when I had a meal at my hotel with two executives from General Motors who were in Japan to teach automakers how to build strong engine blocks. The men spoke derisively and arrogantly about Japanese auto quality. I remembered those comments later as Toyota was hailed as great and GM denounced as mediocre. The lesson I learned: Do not ever be satisfied with the status quo. It takes constant effort to maintain quality and reputation. Marvin Rubin Albuquerque...
...scientists and mathematicians in particular - continue to relish the Alice books," he wrote, "that they are assured of immortality." Make that scientists, mathematicians and '60s potheads, who saw Alice's descent into the rabbit hole, the EAT ME cake and the mushroom-borne caterpillar as evidence of the first great psychedelic trip. (Watch TIME's video "Tim Burton: The Artistry Behind the Movies...
...much a spoiled child as an evil monarch, pouting as she demands a pig for a footstool, and Bonham Carter plays her as a parody of Bette Davis in her Queen Elizabeth roles. There's a lilt to her malevolence; she keeps fey at bay. (See the great British thespians of Harry Potter...
...Death and Life of the Great American School System...
...August and the remaining 50,000 support troops by the end of 2011. The Obama Administration has stuck to the timetable. With one eye on a developing political maturity in Iraq, Vice President Joe Biden has predicted that Iraq could be one of the Administration's "great achievements." He said recently, "You're going to see a stable government in Iraq...