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...issue started weighing heavier on his mind, he said, when he became governor...
...that an extended drop period would encourage students to drop out of classes in which they were performing poorly, which would subsequently lead to grade inflation. But the costs of dropping out of classes—having to choose another class late in the term or taking on a heavier course load in a subsequent semester—is an adequate deterrent half-way through the semester for most students. Their suggestion of grade inflation as an unfortunate outcome of an add-drop system is a gratuitous jab at undergraduates, most of who utilize add-drop not to procure...
...certain accidents, such as broadside collisions with a car. That's one reason SUVs generally have lower death rates than small cars. But that protection comes at a cost to the half of U.S. drivers who don't have trucks or SUVs. Because they are so much heavier and higher off the ground, SUVs can ride atop cars when they collide, crushing the smaller vehicles. Last week automakers and a safety group met in Washington to address this issue, known as "crash compatibility." It's a daunting problem: nhtsa research has shown that if a car rams another...
Consumer groups and auto executives may spar over the mixed safety profile of SUVs, but there's less argument about the vehicles' environmental impact. It's simple math: SUVs are heavier than cars, so they take more gas to go the same distance. And burning more gas releases more garbage into the air. According to the liberal Union of Concerned Scientists, 2001-model SUVs, pickups and minivans emitted 2.4 times as much smog-forming nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons as cars and 1.4 times as much tailpipe carbon dioxide (a global-warming gas) as cars. The Natural Resources Defense Council says...
...paused for a second. Marty Jr. was a pretty smart kid, and I wonder how he’d react to some heavier thoughts along these lines. What the hell, I said to myself...