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...statement about the extended holiday shutdown, Chrysler said the lack of financing for car loans contributed to the move. "Due to the continued lack of consumer credit for the American car buyer and the resulting dramatic impact it has had on overall industry sales in the United States," the action was needed, the company said. At a recent meeting between Chrysler management and dealers at Chrysler's headquarters, the dealers asserted that they have willing buyers for Jeep and Dodge vehicles but are unable to close the deals due to lack of financing. "The dealers have stated that they have...
Rebecca Lindland, an analyst with Global Insight in Lexington, Mass., echoed the industry's concern, noting that a lack of credit combined with sinking consumer confidence is leaving automakers with little margin for error. "I don't think it's a surprise anymore if manufacturers cut production," Lindland says. "We don't expect to see anything but bad news...
...Participants who were high in empathic concern expressed a reluctance to continue the procedure earlier than did those who were low on this trait. But this early reluctance did not translate into a greater likelihood of refusing to continue. This latter finding fails to support the notion that a lack of empathy explains the high obedience rates in Milgram's studies. Rather, the results again are in line with those who point to the power of situational variables to overcome feelings of reluctance in this situation...
...been the case for the past eight years. It seems that George W. Bush never really got it. It was all just a photo op: "Hey, look where I am, Dad!" It is a shame that so many people had to die because of such childlike whims and lack of caring. I was born in the South, and I have seen a lot of ignorance and intolerance. I now live in Northern California, so I have seen both sides of the coin as far as American culture and attitudes go. I don't think Bush ever took the opportunity...
...effective as saying, 'OK, we're going to put Columbia students who do have progressive values into the military and change it both from the inside and from the outside,'" he says. "'Don't ask, don't tell' is only a symptom of a larger issue, which is a lack of engagement with the military...