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...Three are also beginning to score some solid gains in the crucial areas of product quality and customer satisfaction. Although U.S. manufacturers as a group still lag the Japanese some 22% by such measurements as defects per new car, they are rapidly closing the gap. Nine of the top 10 quality-ranked vehicles in the J.D. Power survey remain Japanese, but seven of the 10 most improved vehicles are U.S. brands. Ford Ranger pickups, to take just one of many examples, are 32% better than the models they replaced. At GM, Smith has instituted railhead inspections of cars after they...
...turn in the same type of dominating performance as their female counterparts, they did manage a close second place in the first day of races. Penn State leads the competition so far by a mere 24 points over Harvard and the other three teams, Villanova, Yale and Syracuse, lag behind the Crimson and the Nittany Lions by over 150 points...
Public schools are not doing enough to encourage gifted students, says a new report released by the U.S. Department of Education. They lag behind the gifted of other countries because they often go unchallenged in the classroom, where more attention is paid to slow or average students. The U.S. is "squandering one of its most precious resources," the report says...
While The Black Rider does lag in somepoints--the melody in "Just the Right Bullets" isalmost identical to the theme for Night onEarth, and this sense of deja vu is especiallypresent on the rather one-dimensionalinstrumentals--the album is definitely a treat. Nomatter how much you're heard Waits, hissemi-Coherent ravings on The Black Riderstill manages to evoke a genuine sense ofunfulfilled and tragic longing...
...result, Freed said, offenses could shoot from virtually anywhere in the pool. When the Harvard team started to lag on defense, it was no trouble for Iona to score quickly...