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...recalls of cars - in part because car companies have adopted the Toyota approach. Ford's new and highly praised strategy is to build "world cars" the way Toyota does, reducing the cost of manufacturing by making sure that more of its models share common parts on a relatively small number of platforms, built at plants around the world. That sounds like the epitome of manufacturing efficiency in our globalized economies. But it also explains why the brakes that caused the Prius' recall are found on Toyota's luxury Lexus 300 too. It's a system that all but guarantees that...
Boston’s largest park is hosting a gathering of snowshoers, cross-country skiers, and sledders alike. Snowman-builders also welcome. Limited number of snowshoes and sleds provided...
...most potent mechanism for equipping American workers to compete in a global economy. We remain optimistic about actions at both the federal and state level that demonstrate our elected officials’ understanding of the primacy of education. Massachusetts, for example, recently passed a bill doubling the number of charter schools and expanding the powers of superintendents to overhaul failing schools. Even in the face of soaring deficits, it is essential for education programs to be the very last budget items to receive cuts, for education is the very foundation of any nation’s economy...
...past year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has limited the number of new faculty members it hires due to financial stress...
...past decade, the number of students enrolled in Chinese courses has surpassed that for Japanese courses in a department that now has 20 language instructors—many of whom Feng drew from China through...