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...PAMPER YOUR CAR A LITTLE. Basic maintenance, such as changing the oil on schedule and keeping the tires properly inflated, makes a difference in gas mileage, says AAA spokesman Justin McNaull: "About one-third of cars on the road don't have their tires properly inflated, and it's costing you fuel economy and shortening the life...
...would likely try to make a serious challenge to the Iraqi government in the weeks following the hand-over. His militant denunciation of the occupation authorities has touched a chord with many impoverished young Shiites - analysts of Shiite politics in Iraq believe Moqtada may have the support of around one-third of the community (which, as a whole comprises almost two-thirds of Iraq's population). The clerics around Sistani, and the Shiite parties on the Governing Council, see Moqtada as a dangerous hothead. But they're unlikely to align themselves with the Coalition forces against him. That...
...fast growing familiar with man's race beyond the confines of his own world, Early Bird reached back toward the earth and seemed to shrink it almost to room size. All by itself, the satellite blanketed more than one-third of the globe ... In Europe and the U.S., television's showmen labored to exploit Early Bird's versatility. At their best, the programs were as moving and immediate as Houston's great surgeon Michael DeBakey repairing a human heart while fascinated doctors in Geneva looked over his shoulder. Europe watched troop movements in Santo Domingo while bullets still ricocheted across...
...players in the better world are new to the field. Liz Claiborne's better label has been around for 28 years and represents approximately one-third of the company's annual business. But the category hadn't seen much change in several years, providing an opportunity for the company to make a splash with some new additions. "We already had four successful labels in the category when we decided to launch two new better lines," says Angela Ahrendts, executive vice president at Liz Claiborne Inc. The company's Intuitions and Realities collections were introduced this month in more than...
...comes as no surprise that a significant slice of the Harvard endowment is invested in defense contractors who are making increased profits as a result of the war. As much as one-third of the monthly $3.9 billion cost of the occupation of Iraq is going to independent contractors, and Harvard has tens of millions of dollars invested in companies including Halliburton, Northrop Corp. and JP Morgan Chase & Co., among others...