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...Chrysler is a bit of a mystery. CEO Robert Nardelli has been somewhat scant on details for new products other than announcing an electric-vehicle platform that has so far not impressed anybody. No one would be surprised if Cerberus, Chrysler's owner, announced some kind of partnership or merger before the year...
...What They're Prescribing In Switzerland: Swiss voters have approved the creation of permanent, legalized heroin centers aimed at helping hard-core addicts learn to function in society. Rather than wean users off the drug, the centers will provide them with carefully measured doses twice a day. Somewhat surprisingly, voters rejected the decriminalization of marijuana in the same referendum...
...eating leftovers from the previous break. Instead, from Thanksgiving through spring break, she traveled to Europe to audition for ballet companies. Having now joined the ZBC ranks, she faces the struggles that come with the position. “So far the experience has been frankly brutal and somewhat like fighting a war on several fronts...my feet look like raw hamburger...at the end my brain felt like cooked hamburger,” says Moore. Processed beef metaphors aside, she toured with the company in Shanghai. In retrospect, says Moore, “Sacrificing my feet has been worth...
...This must change. If only as an act of protest to the status quo—in which the Ad Board remains in need of serious reform—students with disciplinary cases before the Ad Board should consider availing themselves of this alternative judicial body. Though it remains somewhat unclear as to what cases are meant to be handled by the SFJB—Ad Board precedent is far from codified—all decisions regarding the Board’s purview are ultimately decided by the SFJB, whose members must provide a majority vote before a case...
...repair. But Obama believes that the country could invest wisely in a new generation of green jobs as well, in fields such as alternative energy and advanced biofuels. He has long promised to make the economy more energy efficient, but his plans in this area have always been somewhat murky. What has become clear in recent weeks is that his plans for investing in energy will be merged with his need to stimulate the economy. This means upgrading the nationwide electrical grid to prevent power outages and shore up weak spots. Democratic officials say another key initiative will...