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...only did deal-driven Toyota score big, so did laggards like General Motors, which stayed skimpy on incentives. GM's overall sales were up 21%, but sales increased 43% for its four core brands - Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick - that survived the company's bankruptcy...
...domestic animals immediately before the earth's beginning to shake. But the idea never gained much traction. The very difficulty of predicting earthquakes makes it hard to study how animals react to them. "This was a completely fortuitous event," says Halliday. "It would be practically impossible to plan research like this. You'd spend a lot of time watching toads with nothing happening." (Read "Why Chile's Quake Wasn't Unexpected...
This is where we are, almost. Nor is Greece the only culprit. It is all the PIIGS: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain. All of them have been shoveling too much coal. To keep their folks warm, they spread euros around like there is no tomorrow, especially to their powerful public-employees unions. By the same token, they have been loath to raise taxes, let alone take on entrenched interests. The fallout is right out of the introductory economics textbook. (Read: "Bailout Showdown: Greece and Germany Raise the Stakes...
Anyone who’s seen “The Donkey Show” will tell you: it’s bat-shit crazy. The concept sounds like something from the world’s campiest, most hallucinogen-happy comedy improv troupe: “Alright, darling, I want ‘A Midsummer’s Night Dream’ told in the style of ’70s disco—with roller skates, and glitter, and no pants...
...Dance like nobody’s business for three hours,” we were commanded, thrown into a bustle of role play and choreographed maneuvers. I wiggled shyly at the back of the dance call but discovered with a shock that, when you’re doing the Bus Stop, the back rather quickly becomes the front...