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Other critics contend that Toyota may be imposing a fix without fully understanding the problem. "For years, Toyota Motor Corporation has dismissed complaints of sudden acceleration as being the driver's fault," says David Wright, a Redlands, Calif., attorney, who recently filed a class-action lawsuit against Toyota. "But neither driver error nor floor mats can explain away many other frightening instances of runaway Toyotas. Until the company acknowledges the real problem and fixes it, we worry that other preventable injuries and deaths will occur," Wright says. He contends that errant electrical signals may be triggering some of the sudden...
...Pilot Projects The legislation in Congress is chock-full of pilot projects designed to test out ideas for lowering costs. But critics contend that such projects work to preserve the status quo. "We don't need pilots. We have enough information," says Kenneth Thorpe, chairman of the health policy department at Emory University. "Let's go ahead and get on with this...
...West has other problems to contend with, too. At the October investment conference in Ashgabat, several businessmen said a major obstacle was the fact the Turkmen have little time for Western values of democracy and free-market economics. Berdymukhamedov's regime is one of the most dictatorial in the world, keeping tight reins on the media and political opposition and allowing only the barest beginnings of private enterprise. "The reaction to our proposals is always, 'Thanks but no thanks,'" says one Western diplomat, who requested anonymity for fear of hurting his operations in the country. "It comes down to trust...
...It’s a tiny little island and the amount of artistic energy is unbelievable.” Though nearly all of the artists have had formal training (according to Javan, “Maybe a handful are self-taught”) many have to contend with a severe lack of artistic supplies and, therefore, must improvise. Once Cuba lost the financial support of the Soviet Union, according to Javan, some artists were forced to use kitchen linoleum for the lack of printing material more suited to artistic purposes. These multifaceted artists display talents in a wide array...
...Crimson’s strong rookie class shows as much improvement as Peppelman over the past year, Harvard will be in place to contend on a national stage...