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...that changed with hybrids. Although Honda launched the Insight, which had gas mileage superior to its main competitor, the Toyota Prius, the latter vehicle seized the public imagination, thanks to better drivability and better marketing. "In North America, Honda got caught with its pants down on hybrids," says Eric Noble, head of the auto-consulting company the CarLab. "They've been badly eclipsed by Toyota on looking green...
...simple request for quiet should be effective, since most people realize that this is Harvard and not State U. At best, you’ll get an apology and things will quiet down, at worst you’ll be ignored, and the noise will continue. If the latter is the case, feel free to conclude (loudly) that all sophomore boys are tools, before moving on to phase two: Operation Whine To Your Tutor...
...becomes a career almost unintentionally. One such individual is singer Mike A. Mattison ’91, lead vocalist both for the Derek Trucks Band—a group known for its instrumental inventiveness and diverse tonal array—and for his own blues and soul project. The latter, called Scrapomatic, derives from Mattison’s interest in “roots music of all kind,” he explains. The group, which features Mattison and collaborator/multi-instrumentalist Paul Olsen—the two “met each other in Minneapolis...
There is one ironic truth that the book hits upon, though. Its opening chapters talk of how Washington is divided between “wonks” and “hacks”—the former being all brains, the latter being all strategy, both useless without the other...
...character and sheer brilliance as the rallying causes behind McWhorter so-called “buzz.” McWhorter thinks Obama was elected because of his race and that this is bad. Sunstein thinks Obama was not elected because of his race and that this is good. The latter seems a little naïve, while the former seems unnecessarily uncomfortable. Let us start with a caveat. Obama is brilliant; there’s no doubt about that. But there’s also no doubt that Obama became such a prominent figure in politics because he was black...