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...more on the wavy side or full-blown curly? The trailer offers little insight. Perhaps that's intentional. What I'm more interested in is that the film's website describes Tiana as a "smart, tough and determined" waitress from New Orleans who "can hold down three jobs and still have time to dream." That sounds like a princess I could curl up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disney's Princess: A Breakthrough for Curly Hair | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...David Cole, head of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich., notes that despite the bankruptcy, GM still holds the top spot in the U.S. car market, with 20% of the market, down from more than 40% in the late 1970s and just ahead of Toyota and Ford. In addition, the new labor contracts with the United Auto Workers have helped GM trim costs by $5,000 per vehicle with changes in health care benefits and work rules. The work rules have been whittled down, giving GM's managers more flexibility and control than they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM's New Leaders: Ambitious for Change | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...With profits still elusive, one of the criteria for judging success used by Whitacre is market share, and by that measure, GM did improve in the third quarter, as its global share increased to 11.9%, up 0.3 percentage points from the first half of the year. "I took the job with a serious level of skepticism," Whitacre noted in a recent speech in Texas. "Some five months later, I am very pleased to report that my skepticism is giving way to optimism, little by little, day by day. We are much better positioned for success than I thought possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM's New Leaders: Ambitious for Change | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

...feeling more upbeat than they do this season. But for now, the best it can do is try to lighten the gloomy economic mood. "Due to high costs, Santa had to cut back on his help this year," reads one card. Let's hope those laid-off elves still care to send the very best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Holiday Cards for the Recession-Bummed | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

Coming into college, however, he was a highly touted recruit out of Grand Prairie, Texas, having been named a “Top 100 Freshman to Keep an Eye On” by College Soccer News prior to the season. Even still, it took some time for Akpan, who was accustomed to wearing cowboy hats and boots, to settle in. “Andre actually came into preseason freshman year a little chubby. He didn’t exactly finish the fitness test,” writes co-captain Brian D. Grimm ’10 in an e-mail...

Author: By Mark J. Chiusano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Most Interesting Seniors 2010: Andre U. Akpan | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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