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These days, though, both Mercedes and Jaguar have loosened up their styles (although not their steering)--and are ready to take on American carmakers, who have been more intent on defining luxury in terms of bigger, badder sport-utility vehicles. Mercedes' designers and engineers, once stubborn purveyors of Teutonic practicality, are rolling out the kind of spiffy variety--from elegant sedans to sport utes--to bring it into touch with today's big-spending yet more finicky car buyer. Meanwhile, Jaguar, for the first time in more than a decade, has expanded into a new market segment with...
Responding to news of the court challenge,Frank W. Cullen Jr., Bono's press secretary,explained the intent of the bill...
...case you were wondering, there are people in Congress who are intent on getting back to business. Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.) intend to reintroduce their campaign-finance-reform bill in the House next week. And believe it or not, the two men have a fair chance of getting both the attention and the cooperation of their colleagues. "There is much talk in the House of burying the hatchet," says TIME congressional correspondent John Dickerson. "The opportunity may arise over campaign reform. Not much needs to be done on it. There is a majority...
Former SAC Vice Chair William P. Moynahan '99, who is also a Crimson executive, presented a second proposal, under which the committee would elect a new class of members each November instead of each February. The intent of the proposal was to elect SAC members later in their Harvard careers and prevent attrition by upperclass students...
...what did it gain? A waste of time, money and goodwill for both the players and the league. There's no great victory here." At least the end was convenient: Hundreds of players were already in town to vote on the league's previous offer -- many of them intent on replacing Hunter, who they felt was being too stubborn -- and they eagerly ratified the new deal in a 179-5 vote. Afterward, players gave the usual homilies about healing rifts and making this up to the fans, but the overarching sentiment was relief. Soon, they'll be playing ball again...