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...that you've finished filing your taxes, here's another task sure to clog your calculator-tallying the cost of the auto bailout. With General Motors Corp. running through $10 billion in cash from the federal treasury during the first three months of 2009 and Congress poised to offer consumers substantial tax credits for new, more fuel efficient vehicles, the costs of helping the struggling automobile industry are mounting fast. Throw in special financing for auto loans supported by the Federal Reserve Board, and the aid for automakers now totals $83 billion-and it keeps growing...
Central to this task is the question of how best to balance protection, mobility and survivability in one vehicle. Lighter weight combat vehicles are key to rapid deployment but vehicles built for heavy combat are more likely to survive explosive encounters. IED protection for prospective vehicles could be improved with V-shaped hulls that would better divert the force of the bombs. Additional armor could also be added to the existing designs of the 27-ton vehicles to better protect against RPGs and, just in case, enemy tank fire. The Army Research Lab could also receive more funding to speed...
...although some women cross these divisions (for example, Rosenberg is chair of the Trans Task Force, a member of the Dudley Co-op, and a former varsity fencer), many say there is little interaction between the groups...
...original version of this article wrongly took to task the Mexican celebrity magazine TVnotas for its use of the term "in fragranti" instead of "in flagrante." The term the magazine actually, and rightly, used was "in fraganti," which can be Mexican slang for "caught red-handed...
...task for Waxman is to grant the concessions he needs to form a majority for a bill without diluting its environmental benefits. His current focus, he said, is to assure that no part of the country bears a disproportionate share of costs. But, regardless of concessions, he added, the emissions cap will guarantee that "environmental integrity" is preserved...