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...With her long and varied background in the art world, especially in Latin America, and as someone who already has an intimate knowledge of the Art Museum and Harvard University, “[Schneider Enriquez] brings a distinct perspective to this position,” said Thomas W. Lentz, the Harvard Art Museum’s director in the press release...
...vent their outrage at the company's sclerotic response to quality issues ranging from troublesome floor mats to sticky gas pedals to faulty brakes. Committee members asserted that Toyota has failed to sufficiently address the possibility that the computers in its cars could be causing problems. Toyota executive Jim Lentz insisted on Feb. 23 that the company has identified the defects responsible for some 2,600 instances of sudden, unintended acceleration--resulting in 34 deaths--since 2000. But he also conceded that he was "not totally" certain. To safeguard against further occurrences, Lentz said Toyota would install brake-override systems...
...During his testimony, Lentz acknowledged that "it has taken us too long to come to grips with a rare but serious set of safety issues, despite all of our good-faith efforts." But he insisted that Toyota has resolved the manufacturing defects responsible for some 2,600 instances of sudden unintended acceleration and 34 deaths since 2000. "We are confident that no problems exist with the electronic throttle-control system in our vehicles," Lentz said in his statement, citing extensive testing of the system's fail-safe mechanisms. But under questioning from Waxman, Lentz conceded he was "not totally" certain...
...vehicles for issues ranging from troublesome floor mats to sticky gas pedals to faulty brakes. But several committee members maintained that Toyota has failed to address the possibility that scrambled computers in its cars could be the culprit. In a blistering letter submitted to Toyota's U.S. president, James Lentz, before the hearing, Representatives Henry Waxman and Bart Stupak wrote, "Our preliminary assessment is that Toyota resisted the possibility that electronic defects could cause safety concerns, relied on a flawed engineering report, and made misleading public statements concerning the adequacy of recent recalls." (See pictures of Toyota's history...
...same document cites as a challenge the "activist [Obama] Administration," which owns a 61% stake in competitor General Motors and an interest in Chrysler. Under questioning from Democratic Representative John Dingell of Michigan, Lentz denied that the company believed politics helped spur the inquiry. Other reports, however, suggested that Toyota - which has 172,000 U.S. employees and a well-oiled Capitol Hill lobbying operation that has spent nearly $25 million over the past five years - could just as easily be the beneficiary of government favoritism as the victim. (See "Who Benefits from Toyota's Recall Problem...