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Finally, remember that environment helps lead people to act the way they do. When a hospital administrator in San Francisco wanted to reduce the number of mistakes nurses make in administering medication, she realized the main culprit wasn't carelessness but constant interruption. The solution: a bright-orange medication vest that told everyone, including doctors, to leave nurses alone so they could focus. At first, nurses hated the tacky vest--until medication errors dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Your Way | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...pedal mechanism itself. Toyota has told drivers to remove the mats; its fix for the sticky pedal requires a free half-hour shop repair. The DOT has urged owners of recalled models to use caution and get to a dealer. Still unknown: whether an electronic problem is also a culprit in sudden acceleration. Toyota says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight: Toyota's Recall | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

March 2007: The NHTSA begins a fourth investigation into uncontrollable-acceleration problems with Lexus vehicles. In its preliminary evaluation, it suspects the floor mat to be the culprit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toyota's Safety Problems: A Checkered History | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...itself. Toyota told drivers to remove the floor mats; its fix for the sticky pedal requires a free 30-min. shop repair. The DOT has urged owners of the 11 recalled models to use caution and get to a dealer. Still unknown: whether an electronic problem is also a culprit in sudden acceleration. Toyota says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toyota's Flawed Focus on Quantity Over Quality | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...Harvard—not BC—was the culprit for the majority of the third period brawls. The Crimson committed ten penalties in that period alone—including three ten-minute majors—killing any attempt at a late comeback...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eagles Prove Too Much For Unruly Crimson | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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