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...DiGiovanni said GM's number crunchers estimated new vehicle sales, on per capita basis, had dropped to the lowest level since the recession of 1958. "2008 will go down as unlike any other year in the industry, and thus, comparisons to 2007 sales have become irrelevant," said Jim Press, Chrysler chairman...
...damnably rivalrous” nature of international assemblies. Lewis also spoke of the recent study by Harvard researchers that found that over 300,000 South Africans died between 2000 and 2005 due to the lack of implementation of antiretroviral treatments. He said that he and Dr. Jim Y. Kim, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, were the only United Nations officials who criticized the South African government during that period. “Everyone knew that tens of thousands were dying unnecessarily and there was not a word publicly from the secretary general...
Some political observers think Tuesday's Senate runoff in Georgia is a big deal because a victory by underdog Jim Martin over incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss would keep alive the Democratic Party's dreams of a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority to move its agenda successfully through the Senate. Other experts see the race as a big deal for the opposite reason; Democrats with that majority as well as control of the House and White House could overreach, leading to a conservative backlash...
...Jim Martin, my opponent, is committed to doing everything that the President-elect wants him to do," Chambliss said on Fox News Sunday. "And I'm simply not going to do that... If we give [Obama] a blank check... it will not be in the best interests of the country." Palin made election-eve appearances to support him, echoing his position that winning the state would not only stymie the Democratic majority in the Senate, but would help rebuild a battered G.O.P. "It takes rebuilding," she told an audience of 3,000 in Augusta. "And I say, let that begin...
...Georgia runoff, however, is one key political celebrity short - much to the detriment of Democratic challenger Jim Martin. President-elect Barack Obama did not make an appearance in Georgia. He did record a radio ad for Martin and robo-calls, but that's all. And now Democrats fear that the surge in black voters that made Martin competitive on Nov. 4 may not materialize on Dec. 2. "It may be that for some voters the real election was a few weeks ago and that this is just details," says Merle Black, a political science professor at Emory University. "Obama...