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Faced with the higher tab for higher education, applicants are routinely asking colleges about the number of job offers and starting-salary averages for their graduates. With the cost-conscious in mind, Richard Moll, dean of admissions at the University of California, Santa Cruz has written The Public Ivys, due out next month. In it Moll profiles eight top-drawer public schools and nine runners-up. In many ways, he says, their quality "is quite comparable to anything the Ivy League has to offer," despite costs in some cases half that of the storied private institutions...
...trial drew to a close, all these poster or T-shirt mottoes appeared outside the Santa Maria, Calif., courthouse except which...
Still, Hyundai's sweet spot is value for money. The Tucson, its newest sport ute, is about $4,000 less than the Santa Fe SUV. It doesn't surrender comfort or interior space for the sake of feeling sporty. The Tucson doesn't overimpress with styling; few cars in this category do. But the slightly pricier GLS version has a V-6, 2.7-liter engine that doesn't whine when the car is filled with four adults and luggage. It's practical almost to a fault.--By Bill Saporito
...southern Indian city of Madras. Due to open in 2007, the plant will be Hyundai's second in India. And in May, Hyundai opened its first U.S. factory. The $1.2 billion plant in Montgomery, Ala., will produce 150,000 Sonatas this year and next year will start making the Santa Fe, Hyundai's popular SUV. The highly automated factory, Hyundai's most modern, is a sea of frenetic welding and painting robots. Components are shuttled about by electronic sensors in the floor. Chung says the factory gives Hyundai "firm ground as a global leader in the auto industry...
Another client is Steve Beckmen, who uses the techniques in his Santa Barbara vineyard. "Biodynamics emphasizes balance," he says. "Ideally, vines naturally become resistant to pests and disease...