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...Lindland, a senior auto analyst for the research firm Global Insight, is a fan of both electric cars and GM's plug-in Volt. "This is not a George Jetson future," says Lindland. "This is ours." But that future is still a ways off. Lindland said that when she met with GM executives not long ago to talk about the Volt, she reminded them of one vexing question: The plug-in makers' assumption is that drivers will recharge their cars in the garage at home, where it shouldn't be too hard to find an electrical outlet. "But I live...
...also sailed to victory, finishing in the top four in every race with two wins.“We had some great finishes, but those were punctuated with some early-in-the-season mistakes and difficult conditions to deal with,” Himler said. “We met that adversity with persistence and prevailed.”Harvard finished with a combined score of 28, less than half of runner-up Rhode Island’s 63.“All in all, it was a great weekend and a great way to start the season...
...housing is funded through earmarks, so McCain had to make it clear he'd protect those programs from cuts. He made a similar exception during his anti-poverty tour in April, when he visited an African-American community in Alabama that got ferry service through an earmark. He then met a Pennsylvania woman with ovarian cancer who was being treated through a clinical trial funded by an earmark; he assured her that program was worthwhile too. "It's the process I object to," McCain explained...
...social worker was a reminder of how much this unique ethnic group confounds fixed ideas. Bologna is one of Italy's most productive and politically progressive cities, and officials make some effort to help the Roma there. It doesn't always work and a few of the people I met were justifiably angry having been let down after promises of permanent lodging. But others in the trailer park didn't care. It wasn't that the state had failed them, it was that they didn't recognize the state's existence...
...discussing the cases during 90-minute sessions. Professor Rohit Deshpande led a discussion about a marketing battle in the world of imported beer. Students discussed how Grupo Modelo, which produces Corona, should compete with market-leader Heineken. Other discussions touched on private equity and corporate law. The undergrads met with admissions officials from Penn’s Wharton School and both the MBA and doctoral programs at HBS. Conference organizer Elvis K. Terigin ’10 praised the participants and speakers for taking an active role in making the program a success. “All the planning...