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Automakers are scrambling for more small and fuel-efficient cars and hybrids as sales of once popular trucks and sport utility vehicles evaporate under the weight of rising fuel prices. "This was a watershed month," says Jim Farley, Ford Motor Co.'s group executive for marketing and sales, following news that the company suffered another huge drop in trucks sales in May. Trucks and sport utility vehicles accounted for 47% of Ford's sales as recently as February but only 34% in May, as consumers opted for compact and subcompact passenger cars. General Motors is adding a third shift...
...general physical check-up in a given year, accounting for 8% of all ambulatory visits to doctors and ringing up a $7.8 billion annual price tag. But by examining the data on eight key preventive health procedures, Mehrotra found that almost all the important counseling and testing - from weight-loss tips to mammograms - happens outside of general physicals...
...years later, Stone received a call from Harvard offering him a position as vice president. When he was deciding whether he wanted to take the job, he got a taste of the weight that the Harvard name carried...
...Every morning, Harris gets up at 4:50 a.m., goes to the Cabot House gym at 5:50 to weight-lift and use an arc trainer, takes his daughter’s two-year-old dog Tikvah for a walk at 6:50, and returns home to actually begin...
...It’s not all smoke and mirrors, of course. If Harvard is as good as the experts say it is, then it should be tough to bitch and moan here without coming across as spoiled. But not all complaints are created equal, and one, in particular, carries weight...