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...Japan--are acting as the "mother ships" for new factories. A Georgetown, Ky., plant shepherded a new truck plant in Mexico, and one in Indiana is taking charge of training for the San Antonio plant. Seizo Okamoto, president of the Indiana plant, candidly calls the added responsibility "a strain on resources...
...result, he says, "trying to develop a vaccine for AIDS is like trying to hit a rapidly moving target." Scientists are now searching for segments of the coat that seem to resist change, hoping to use them to create a vaccine that would remain effective against more than one strain of AIDS. But even the most optimistic experts think that an effective vaccine is still five years...
...moment, at the bell for the final lap, Coe seemed to be gaining. But then Cram, whose shock of curly blond hair, perfect legs and finely sculpted features give him the look of a Greek demigod, began to turn up the burners, rolling faster and faster with no apparent strain. As the field stretched out in the last lap, he was simply flying, moving toward the front as Coe, arms pumping, tried to hang on. Coming out of the final turn, Cram, who commented later that he thought the pace a bit slow, lifted his effort still higher, beyond...
...encompasses 13.89 million people.[*] Some residents live in newly built apartment blocks, others in air-raid shelters dating back to the war. All seem to be in constant, industrious motion. Chongqing, as a result, is a swirling cauldron of noise and smoke as buzzing motorbikes and overloaded buses strain to climb its steep hills...
...chatter after the event, among the legitimate audience, consisted of a single strain: sheer disgust. Liberal and conservative students alike were mortified and disgusted by the behavior of the protestors who were not only disruptive to the panelists but were disrespectful to their fellow Harvard students. Less than an hour after the panel, Russell P. Leino ’05, posted an e-mail to the Cabot House open-list stating that “I always thought the point of a protest was to offer an alternative idea to the one being presented, not drown out ideas one disagrees...