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...Genk plant. The cuts come as Ford struggles with slumping sales and market share in Europe, where it lost €447 million before tax in the second quarter to June. Workers at Genk last week staged two 24-hour strikes at the plant, which makes the Mondeo sedan and Transit minivan; they're threatening more stoppages. It's a baptism by fire for Lewis Booth, 54, the former head of Mazda who took over at Ford of Europe in August. "The automotive market in Europe has deteriorated dramatically since only a year ago," he says. The risk for Ford...
...might not expect to find a palatial country club just 11 km from one of the world's busiest airports, but Stoke Park predates London's Heathrow by several centuries. And if you are a transit passenger with a few hours to kill, you can make the most of the Stoke Park Club's proximity. For about $200, a Stoke Park car will carry you from the airport to the club, where you can nap in a darkened "deep relaxation room," have lunch, use the gym, swimming pool or sauna, and enjoy a half-hour massage before going back...
...Council against the American position on Iraq. That may have been unwise. But there is no evidence to support the most serious charge that some Administration supporters leveled against Paris back then--that France tried to persuade members of Turkey's Parliament to vote against allowing U.S. troops to transit Turkey on their way to Iraq...
...remember the first time I was stopped short by this statement. I was sitting on the T during rush hour, looking around in that vaguely dreamy way most of us do when we’re using mass transit. The button on the young woman’s book bag next to me caught my eye. Rape happens at Harvard. She saw me staring, and gave me a guarded but friendly smile. I asked her about the button, and she told me that she put it there to remind people that even at Harvard, sexual violence is a problem...
...Council against the American position on Iraq. That may have been unwise. But there is no evidence to support the most serious charge that some Administration supporters leveled against Paris back then - that France tried to persuade members of Turkey's Parliament to vote against allowing U.S. troops to transit Turkey on their way to Iraq...