Word: scaled
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...jungle out there in the global car business. The economies of scale increasingly favor the multinational giants. And more of the smaller firms are deciding they'll fare best by joining with a strong partner. That's why safe, sensible Volvo of Sweden last week agreed to allow its car division to be bought by Ford, the No. 2 U.S. automaker, for $6.5 billion. The deal takes Ford closer to its goal of becoming a "world car" company. "The beauty of this deal is that Volvo is a premium brand with premium profit margins," says Scott Merlis, who follows autos...
...will also have an intellectual component,Nelson said, because at such a small-scale, theordinary laws of physics break down and scientistswill have to work with a new set of physicalprinciples...
Cheeseman and Keating both sought to justify defending major corporations accused of large-scale pollution...
...wrong direction--away from Pan. Who is the woman in the green dress and the gold armor? Virtue? Chastity? What are the bound music manuscripts doing on the ground, and the overturned lapis lazuli pitcher? And why are the lemons on the tree so big and out of scale...
...northern part of the province last Wednesday, when they persuaded Albanian guerrillas to free eight Serb army soldiers, but by the end of the week 45 ethnic Albanians were killed by Serb forces in the south. The White House fears the two sides will be in a full-scale war when the snows melt. "The hottest spot in the world this spring is going to be Kosovo," says a senior U.S. official...