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...that GM has been losing market share at a rate of 0.7% per year for the past 30 years - and GM was planning to drop brands and nameplates. The task force had no reason to think that GM could gain share, and its sales rate proved that point. Industry-wide, March auto sales were down 40% on a seasonally adjusted basis. GM's factory-utilization rate is less than 60%. That's abysmal - the rate needs to be in the 80s for the company to be successful - and it's one reason GM is hemorrhaging cash. "We don't believe...
...particularly important factor to consider when attempting to get cervical cancer prevention programs off the ground in the developing world and among lower-income women, Sankaranarayanan says. Indeed, the current standard in HPV tests, the Hybrid Capture II, which was used for this study, is already too costly for wide-scale application, running as much as $30 per test. Realistically, in order to be used on a grand scale, tests would have to cost about $1 each, Sankaranarayanan estimates...
...flat as a pool table and barely a mile wide at its narrowest, the Rockaway Peninsula - a tongue of land that sticks into the Atlantic Ocean at New York City's southeastern corner - is already vulnerable to storm surges and floods. Global warming, with its rising seas and harder rain, will only intensify those threats. That's what has Vincent Sapienza, the city's assistant commissioner for wastewater treatment, so worried. The Rockaway Wastewater Treatment Plant, which processes 25 million gal. (95,000 cu m) of sewage a day, sits next to the beach, and its pumps are below...
...head with a smile. “Our Lord is risen.” He was clutching the handles, mashing their cool to his palms. And then he was pulling.The weighty oaks wrenched back. The congregation spilled into view: a vista of judgment. Ezekiel’s arms spread wide, arcing as they stretched to their tips. He turned his head and motioned me in.My left knee gave out but he stayed put.“You got it?”“Yes.”I stumbled as I snuck beneath his arm. Then...
...candidates also touched on the importance of improving special education, which they said could meet a wide spectrum of needs...