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...sales, the auto industry is also competing against flush high-tech companies in Silicon Valley, which are also racing to perfect a lithion-ion car battery. What's more, the billions that the auto companies are spending in research could be squeezed during the recession, especially since it is difficult to estimate how many electric cars they will ultimately sell. "Everybody is wondering what the market will be for electric cars and nobody has the answers," says Erik Morsing, GM's public relations manager in Denmark. "It depends very much on oil prices...
...expand the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, a bill that would provide health care coverage to four million children in addition to the 6.6 million already enrolled. The bill was twice vetoed by President Bush. Palfrey acknowledged that while the financial crisis may make it more difficult to secure more funding for children’s health, she thinks that “the new folks in Congress will have a better attitude towards child health care.” And though she is known for her liberal politics, Palfrey she has high hopes for the incoming...
...Palmer said. REGIS TROPHY The women’s sailing team weathered tough conditions this past weekend, despite the fact that the regatta took place right across the BU Bridge on the Charles. “I’ve always found sailing at BU to be very difficult, even with my experience,” sophomore Meghan Wareham said. “The difference in conditions between the first and second days were extremely tough to work with,” freshman sensation Annie DeAngelo added. Overall, the Crimson finished 11th in a field of 20, nine points behind...
...wetlands are dotted with a sofa here, a plastic garbage can there and suddenly along the causeway, a flotilla of beached, battered boats appears, awkwardly stuck in the median, wedged against highway signs, land-bound, askew and sad. Capturing the wholesale destruction of a hurricane is difficult. We learned that with Hurricane Katrina where the images, no matter how awful, were insufficient measured against the reality. The most overpowering sensation is the smell, a stench that seems to imprint itself on the brain's memory bank, suddenly wafting back hours after you have left the scene. It's a phenomenon...
...then we were called back in and then sent back out to play with wet clubs and grips. The course played at least 300 yards longer than the first two rounds.” Add that to the Yale course that is sometimes named among the top 100 most difficult courses in the world, and you’ve got a formidable physical and mental endurance test. “The Yale course is a tough course with lots of blind shots,” Pollak said. “It’s pretty difficult to judge where...