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...volt U.S. or about half that time in 220-volt Europe) and run for about 100 miles when full. Executives are betting that range will suffice in cities, where people use cars mostly to commute to work and run errands around town. General Motors is testing its electric model, the Chevrolet Volt, in Denmark, and plans to sell between 100,000 and 200,000 Volts a year in the U.S. from 2010; the car would switch to regular fuel once the electricity runs out. Renault will roll out its ZE (for zero emissions) electric car in Europe...
...Grossman said.“Building a good organization helps nonprofits in the task of assisting their clients in a better way,” Grossman said, “and working at Outward Bound unleashed in me a desire to make nonprofits more effective and to create a model for the kind of leadership that will deliver the best possible service to clients.”It was this desire that led Grossman to the Business School, where he joined the faculty in 1998 before being appointed as a full professor in 2000.“I teach...
...book, “Indignation.” As is now common in his novels, Roth writes autobiographically: Marcus is a young Jewish man from Newark, N.J., with a formidable intellect and an equally formidable anxiety. This anxiety first takes hold when his father transforms from a nurturing role model and friend into a fear-ridden monster. Fight after fight leads Marcus to relocate to the town of Winesburg, Ohio, and a college of the same name, in 1951. And here the anxieties only compound: Marcus buries himself in work, falls in love, fights with both his roommates...
...viewpoints. Fowler-Finn said he acknowledged that the district may not be able to satisfactorily accommodate everyone’s concerns. “Notice that I never use the word solution,” he said. School Committee member Marc C. McGovern, who favors maintaining the K-8 model, said that a total overhaul of structure would not solve problems in the classroom. “There’s really no consensus on what structure is better,” he said. “I think we need to concentrate on teaching and curriculum, replicating what works...
...waistcoat and a hat that he believed marked him at once as a member of the Italian aristocracy. His assumed name? Prince Filippo Fumagalli. At The Stable Boy’s orders, Ollie had been following Felicity for days. Now, having cornered her at the fairground’s model train ride, he felt ready to approach her.Before Ollie could do so, however, a man dashed up to the platform and with a howl of despair threw himself in front of the oncoming train.Unfortunately, the fairground ride was already slowing down. It pulled to a stop a good foot...