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...engine revs and learn how to handle cars that have undergone fewer hours of wind-tunnel testing than last year's. But the new rules won't just show up on the track. For thousands of high-tech suppliers like Xtrac, many of them clustered around Oxford in southern England, recession-era racing and shrinking budgets are the next big challenge. The industry is typically "very resilient, and very resourceful," says Chris Aylett, head of Britain's Motorsport Industry Association. But for a few, "there will be genuine job losses. And some won't make it through." (See pictures...
...Tien was eventually let go when another officer came along and defused the situation. But he is not alone in his rage. In southern Kien Giang province in December, angry villagers threw flaming gasoline canisters at police commandeering their property and briefly held three of them hostage, forcing one to disrobe. Last year, farmers in Hung Yen province battled authorities trying to seize their land and resell it to developers. "Men, women and children fought back with their bare hands, with mud, with anything they could grab," said Nguyen Dinh Liem, who was working in his rice paddy when police...
...direct-injection V6 engine that produces 29 m.p.g. and 304 HP in one package. During TIME's test drive, the Camaro showed that it blends the responsive feel and precise handling found in European road cars with raw American power, easily mastering the twisting, rural two-lane roads across southern Michigan. "It's a good example of what GM can do and what maybe they should have been doing for a long time now. And while the timing is not great for that type of vehicle, if they are able to make it through the next few months then they...
...Harvard baseball team looks to rebound from a four-game sweep last weekend at the University of Alabama-Birmingham with yet another southern tour—this time through Louisiana. The Crimson (1-7) will hope to solidify its pitching rotation and get the bats moving more consistently over the next week before opening Ivy League play the following weekend.“We’re hoping to be a little more consistent and play some complete games,” senior Tom Stack-Babich said. “We’ve played well in parts of each...
...protests with her classmates at the National University of Mexico, Schyfter certainly relates to his progressive ideals. Still, she remains true to her usual theme of exploring internal conflict in the face of culture clashes. Once hostile towards the United States, Ocampo reconsidered his views after living in the southern U.S. “What I’m researching here is how Ocampo’s point of view toward the United States changed when he went into exile and lived for two years in New Orleans and Brownsville,” she says. Despite her experience with producing...