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...only vehicle for filling the vacuum." People who have been consulted by the commission say it appears to be headed toward recommending greater U.S. engagement with Iran and Syria on the Iraq situation, and some modest increase in troops - perhaps 20,000 to 25,000 - to speed up training of Iraqi security forces. Vice President Cheney, among others in the White House, is prepared to fight the recommendation about Iran and Syria. "He's against engagement with Iran and Syria, and he's very serious about waging policy battles when he disagrees," one official said...
...only one with doubts. Investors and industry watchers are wondering whether Nissan can rev up its sagging sales with the new models. The company has hit some speed bumps lately, after a long run of posting record sales and profits, largely engineered by Ghosn's multicontinental managing act (which has included running Renault since last year). In the first six months of Nissan's 2006 fiscal year, operating profits fell 15.3%, to $3 billion. Vehicle sales fell 6.9% worldwide, and revenues have been flat, at about $39 billion...
Ghosn, of course, thinks Nissan isn't anywhere near hitting its speed limit. Those slumping quality scores may have slowed sales, for instance, but the problems are being addressed. Nissan has streamlined the way it deals with quality issues, creating teams to focus on specific complaints, like squeaks and rattles or wind noise, and nip them in the planning stage or on the assembly line. The Armada and Titan are scoring better in Consumer Reports surveys. "We're putting in the resources," Ghosn says. "It takes time, but we're working on it." He's also promising to smooth...
...ride in one of the ubiquitous minivans everyone uses for public transportation can cost $1 or more--an exorbitant sum when you're living on $1 or less a day. Because the government's telecommunications agency wants more money than Mohapi's budget allows to set up high-speed Internet access, the clinic still depends on a sluggish dial-up connection. Meanwhile, the center has become a de facto emergency room for the neighborhood--further evidence of the fragile state of basic health care in the region...
...early-morning heart attack, which is 40% more common than those that strike later in the day. There's the fatal plunge down the stairs, the bite of sausage that gets lodged in your throat, the tumble on the slippery sidewalk as you leave the house, the high-speed automotive pinball game that is your daily commute...