Word: motores
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What happens to a corporation when environmental concerns overlap with good public relations? You get the latest Beltway love match: Ford Motor Company and the Sierra Club. It seems that ever since the giant automaker began investigating ways to entice green-minded consumers by improving the fuel efficiency of their gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles (beyond the requirements established by federal lawmakers), the company's become something of a poster child for corporate responsibility - and a darling of the environmental movement, members of which are pointing to Ford's latest maneuvers as a sign that the very dirty car industry...
Ellison is not a man to shy away from his own Smithian self-interest, and he believes the profit motive could be the best tool for solving the world's problems--more effective than government or private philanthropy. "Which did more for the world?" he asks. "The Ford Motor Co. or the Ford Foundation?" He shakes his head. "That's an interesting question...
...Medford resident called CPD to report that while at the intersection of Mass Ave. and Sheperd St., she had words with the operator of another motor vehicle. She told the driver "slow down, you are out of control." He replied "I am taking down your number. Expect a vistor...You have no idea who my father...
...resident called to report that a yellow taxi struck a motor vehicle in a visitors lot and then fled the area. Units responded and reported no damaged vehicles...
...Somerville resident called CPD to report that while on Cambridge Street riding her bike, she was beside a motor vehicle with Massachusetts license plates. The sideview mirror struck her arm and "grabbed" both she and the bike, dragging them down the street. The passenger of the car was aware of the contact...