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Move over, yellow cab. Jordan Harris and Roo Rogers are giving New York City's 13,000 taxis and 20,000 town cars some eco-conscious competition. Last September the longtime friends co-founded OZOcar, the city's first hybrid-car service. Since then their fleet has grown to 75 and includes the Toyota Prius, Lexus GS 450h sedan and Lexus RX 400h and Toyota Highlander SUVs. "Everybody's got the latest, greatest iPod and cell phone," says Harris, 52. "Why should we accept antiquated transportation, especially when it does so much damage...
...American earnestness to the current Bush administration. But what makes this movie really entertaining is the secret admiration it has for all of the values it pokes fun at; especially its love for the greedy American stereotype it eviscerates, epitomized by Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant), the Simon Cowell/Ryan Seacrest-hybrid host of “American Dreamz,” who is one of the movie’s highlights.Dennis Quaid plays President Stanton, a dead-ringer for George W. Bush, who wears a constant expression of befuddlement on his face and offers pearls of wisdom like...
...went back and questioned everything from first principles because we had the obligation to do so,” says El-Erian. “We would rebuild it with the same hybrid model”—a mix of internal and external management—”because it is so potent in terms of delivering returns...
Their conversation reflected a hybrid of their intellectual interests, the professors say. The fact that two Harvard scholars from a field so different from his own would take an interest in recruiting him “made me think Harvard must be a very stimulating and interactive place,” Pinker says...
...separation of student government from the direct planning of campus social programming activities.” The UC will help create an independent social programming board, which is scheduled to begin its work at the end of this academic year. The 20-person board will be selected through a hybrid of elections and appointments and will be in charge of planning campus-wide social events. A typical year for the board might include a fall “welcome back” event, a concert featuring a prominent headliner band, and a House-based event such as House Olympics...