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...result of adding millions of Americans to the ranks of the insured means more preventive care, far fewer trips to the emergency room and lower health care costs for everyone. The truth is, the economic stimulus created by this plan will pump billions of dollars into the economy—creating jobs and helping far more working Americans than would ever be helped by the Bush tax cuts, and giving them the security of health care when they need...
...this makes the U.S. market key for VW. But, as Ford, G.M. and Chrysler learned the hard way, you can't build luxury car sales if your basic fleet is perceived to be poor quality. To pump up VW's reliability ratings, Pischetsrieder recently dispatched Stefan Ketter - a widely recognized expert in quality control - to the U.S. After service technicians found a potentially faulty wiring harness in the Touareg, VW sent technicians to the homes of Touareg owners to reassure them of the vehicle's quality. The company now has a dozen engineers in the U.S. solely to monitor...
...indicate college quality—a powerful incentive for colleges to improve along the criteria selected by the rankings. But the rankings only lead to improvements for students and colleges if their criteria are meaningful. Often they are to the detriment of educational quality. It is unfortunate when colleges pump resources into football programs at the expense of educational quality in an effort to boost alumni giving rates—a ranking criterion for U.S. News & World Reports. An excessive focus on standard testing scores such as the SAT to boost selectivity rank in college admissions diminishes the importance...
Battlement Mesa, the company town that was to be the hub of the new industry, still exists, but not for oil-shale workers. It has become a retirement community. Against a backdrop of majestic mountains, retirees pump iron, hike scenic trails, swim and play golf. There's no trace of the Exxon project that was supposed to be shale oil's breakthrough. All vestiges of the mine and outbuildings are gone. The road leading to the plant site is still there, but it abruptly ends at the top of the hill. The land has been reclaimed and today looks much...
Agudelo was available throughout the auction to answer questions about the bikes, as well as to pump tires, fix chains and help the new bike-owners complete free bike registrations with HUPD...