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...What won't be so simple is restoring the faith and confidence in Toyota, which has allowed what might have been a containable problem to explode into a full-blown crisis by continually being a step behind in the management process. "I've never regarded Toyota as invincible, a company which never makes mistakes," Toyoda said on Tuesday. "However, when we do find something wrong, or when our customers point out problems, we have always made the adjustments to manufacture improved future products. And I'm very confident that we can continue to deliver the way we have...
...from the dormlike conditions of Villages past. And the views are nothing short of breathtaking. Many apartments look out onto an inlet and the silver downtown skyline, with snowcapped mountains as a backdrop. "It's blown us away, to be honest," says U.S. speedskater Chad Hedrick, who won gold, silver and bronze medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and is a medal contender this year. "They really went big on this. It's a million-dollar view, for sure." (See 25 Winter Olympic athletes to watch...
...Toyota City already gives an impression of a town under siege. Toyota's giant headquarters building is inaccessible - like a fortress at war. A spokesman for the city wouldn't grant TIME an interview with officials, saying the government won't comment on the issues of one company. Toyota employees are keeping their lips tightly sealed as well. Those approached on the streets, their Toyota company IDs clearly visible, politely bow their heads and say they are unable to comment. Only one young employee, who wouldn't give his name, mutters, "We're not sure what is going to happen...
...challenging his arrest and seeking a decision declaring the poll null and void, Tissa Attanayake, the general secretary of the United National Party said. The opposition has already raised objections to the elections commissioner over vote rigging, but commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has since declared the elections, which President Rajapaksa won by a majority of 1.8 million votes, as fair...
...been rocked in recent years by a spate of high-level government corruption scandals, a spike in drug-trafficking violence and a widening gap between rich and poor. Costa Rica's image as Central America's moral authority also took a hit last year when Arias - who won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize during his first presidency for brokering an end to the region's civil wars - was largely ignored in his efforts to resolve the Honduran coup crisis. (See Oscar Arias' fading legacy in Costa Rica...