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...charge of keeping the roads safe, orders its first recall of Toyota cars because of "speed control" problems, according to the NHTSA database (though defects with the two 1982 models involved were related to faulty cruise control). A second investigation into sudden-acceleration dangers with Toyota vehicles takes place this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toyota's Safety Problems: A Checkered History | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...space can make the singers sound quieter than they actually are. Given these constraints, sometimes mezzo-fortes in place of pianos might have been more helpful for both the audience and the cast, as the more nuanced dynamic gestures often disappear beneath the accompaniment. Lucid narrative drive compensates for the occasional gaps in audibility, though, and a coherent collective vision of the direction of each scene helps anchor the plot to a regular pace (“Herring,” with apologies to Britten, does tend to saunter rather than walk). Matthew B. Bird...

Author: By Spencer B.L. Lenfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Albert Herring' Nails Humor | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

Donahue flips the audience’s perspective by seating them on the stage, while the play’s action takes place on a platform in the middle of the traditional seating area. However, the actors are not solely confined to this makeshift stage; two ladders give them access to the balcony of the theater, and they roam freely throughout the entire space...

Author: By Nicholas D. Cuse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Donahue Elevates 'Stairs' to New Heights | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

Though a final election could have taken place at last night’s City Council meeting, the Councillors took no such action, because Councillor Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. was absent...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Fails To Elect Mayor for Sixth Time | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...Crimson’s special teams has been lackluster. With a failure to capitalize on power-play chances and inconsistency on the penalty kill, it comes as no surprise that Harvard’s third-period rally was not enough to overtake the Huskies, leaving the Crimson in last place amongst its neighborhood rivals...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Special Teams Failures Prove Especially Critical, Dooming Harvard to Last Place | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

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