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Building ultra-cheap cars is possible in large part because of low manufacturing costs in developing countries. Tata and other Indian automakers estimate that their engineering costs alone are about half what they would be in Europe or the U.S. At the same time, Tata has tapped the skills of Italy's Fiat, with which it has a joint venture in India, and of engine designers from Britain's West Midlands region, some of whom had been jobless after closures in Britain's auto industry over the past few years. Indian producers are relentless cost cutters. Many, including Tata...
Congress says it will stop granting such a big minimum of Homeland Security funding to states deemed at low risk of terrorist attack. But take a look at the difference between the old and new spending formulas...
LESS FILLING ... This summer Democrats hailed the passage of new Homeland Security legislation that halves the minimum percentage of federal funding that low-risk states receive, from...
...MORE GREAT TASTE But the smaller percentage is now applied to a larger pot of money--one that combines a state grant program with the Urban Area Security Initiative. That ensures that low-risk states will still end up with a big pile of cash...
...driving into the desert, recording live and eschewing overdubbing, emerging with something organic, fresh, and utterly mercurial. Take opener “Peacebone,” which starts with what sounds like a command before evaporating into bubbling electronics, then settling into a narrative that’s low on coherency but high on feeling. Animal Collective has always been in favor of using the human voice as an instrument, but here the words are deployed more for emotional heft than sonic weight. “Peacebone” is a rollicking high adventure despite lyrics like...