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...With auto sales in the West in a deep slump, 2009 saw carmakers increasingly focus on developing countries like China and India, which have largely shrugged off the global recession and where disposable incomes continue to grow rapidly. China this year will surpass the U.S as the world's largest car market, while India has become the largest market for small cars, according to Dilip Chenoy, director general of the Society for Indian Automobile Manufacturers. Four out of every five cars sold in India are small cars, defined as vehicles with engines displacing less than 1.2 liters. (Ten Things...
...captain épée Karl Harmenberg and sophomore épée James Hawrot lost to Princeton freshman Edward Kelley in extremely close 5-4 bouts, allowing the Tigers to barely surpass the Crimson by three points...
...Helgiu, who helped the sabre team sweep Sacred Heart and Vassar, 9-0, and best North Carolina, 7-2. The rookie has proven to be the answer to the Crimson’s sabre woes of last year. Sophomore Hayley Levitt also stepped up to help the sabre team surpass Penn State, 5-4. The squad’s only loss in the weapon was to Princeton...
...descent are increasingly competing for spots on Europe's best national teams, including once homogeneous squads like those of Germany and Italy. The continent's top teams have an unprecedented chance to make a run in the tournament next year on African soil. No African team has yet to surpass what Cameroon achieved in 1990 - 2010 may be the year that one does. (See pictures of Johannesburg preparing for soccer's World...
...even more important difference is that the stakes are higher with China. Japan seemed like a fearsome economic rival a quarter-century ago, but it wasn't really a political rival and, with a population less than half that of the U.S., it was unlikely ever to surpass the U.S. as an economic power. China, with its billion-plus population, seems destined to surpass the U.S. in economic clout, and it appears to have designs on rivaling the U.S. as a political and military power. Which means there's no easy way out of the U.S.-China trade impasse...