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...started providing two-year full-service warranties to disgruntled owners. In the process, the brand has rebuilt its quality-control management and now says the autos it builds are the best and most reliable it has ever made. Such claims are partly borne out by the latest J.D. Power short-term reliability surveys...
...quagmire wars (Iraq, again). If, despite a comfortable Senate majority, Bush will not or cannot nominate a bold constructionist to the Supreme Court, it is clear that the administration and the Republican Party at large are without cohesive intellectual principles, message or vision; they are unified only by their short-term desire for tactical victories, a party of greedy tribes—not ideas...
...billion, Icahn has chosen his biggest mark yet. Time Warner has been struggling since the disastrous merger in 2000 with AOL, which sent the company's share price plummeting. An Icahn-led group picked up 2.6% of the company, and "a boatload of hedge funds and other short-term players are sitting in the stock," said Patrick McGurn, special counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises on proxy fights. Yet so far, long-term investors aren't biting. Many credit Parsons for having already made progress in getting Time Warner's house in order. And after an uptick following...
...this before you. Indeed, many women, looking back, regard these transitional years as the best, most productive time of their life. Don't be afraid to seek treatment if your symptoms are disruptive. Low-dose contraceptives can help stabilize erratic menstrual cycles in the years leading up to menopause. Short-term hormone therapy is still the best medical solution for the relief of hot flashes and other so-called vasomotor symptoms. Certain antidepressants may play a role in relieving hot flashes and seem particularly helpful in women who want to avoid estrogen treatment because of a history of breast cancer...
...Vries set up a distinction between between long-term and short-term solutions. While infusing democracy into a cultural fabric—a long-range project—will produce lasting result, he said, the introduction of basic freedoms into traditionally terrorist regions will suppress the threat in the shorter term...