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...We’re going to have to rely on a whole bunch of solutions.”Cischke also spoke about the impact of consumer markets on Fords’ manufacturing decisions. In particular, she contrasted the American consumer market with the European one. In Europe, 80 percent of cars are manual, which are estimated to be 10 percent more fuel efficient than automatic cars, while only eight percent are manual in America. Eighty-nine percent of cars in Europe also have engines with four cylinders or less, which is more fuel-efficient, while only 28 percent of cars...
...Right now, [the buildings] are 100 percent occupied,” McQuaid said. “There’s various different tenants in there, and we don’t foresee any major changes in how they’re being used...
...these trends are really profound,” said Councillor Sam Seidel, who is an urban planner. “The city’s composition is changing. We’re now at one-third non-white.” Some councillors were concerned to learn that 40 percent of the children under 18 in Cambridge speak a language other than English at home. But Ellen Semenoff, the assistant city manager for human resources, said that while Cambridge is becoming more diverse, with growing black and Asian populations, the city has few “linguistically-isolated?...
...Argentina for credit grew from 12 in the 2006-2007 school year to 36 in 2007-2008, and the number of students studying in China is only a few shy of those in England. In their May 2007 White Paper, the Institute of International Education reported a 53 percent increase in number of American students studying abroad in Argentina from 2003-04 to 2004-05, while Brazil showed a 28 percent gain. Both figures far outpaced the eight percent increase in total students studying abroad. These figures, especially those in Latin America, come as no surprise to David Carrasco...
...socialized health care”—as it is known on Fox News—is also much cheaper than its American analogue. In 2006, Americans spent 15.3 percent of their GDP on health care, whereas Canadians spent 9.8 percent. In fact, the quintessential American company, General Motors, signed a letter declaring that “it is vitally important that the publicly funded health care system be preserved and renewed” in Canada. Because of the effective, socialistic health care system in place, a multinational corporation—Toyota—opted to construct...