meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/14/2008
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Answer: They can. Meet the bestselling cars in Europe : 1st: Peugeot 207 (437,505, +105.5%) 2nd: Volkswagen Golf (435,055, +4.5%) 3rd: Ford Focus (406,557, -7.5%) 4th: Opel/Vauxhall Corsa (402,173, +41.7%) 5th: Opel/Vauxhall Astra (402,044, -7.9%) 6th: Renault Clio (382,041, ...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/17/2008
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
Jonathan Cohn has the best statement I've seen
of the case for a rescue. No illusions -
these are companies that, to a large extent, drove themselves into a ditch. If the economy as a whole were in reasonably good shape and the credit markets were ...
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fueleconomy.gov - 11/7/2008
driftglass.blogspot.com - 11/19/2008
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driftglass.blogspot.com —
Following up on the overwhelmingly popular success of
the driftglass plan to save the country from being
Eated by Toxic Mortgages comes the sequel: How to save the U.S. Auto Industry. In our last exciting episode we learned that trying to fix ...
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In Cars
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Stones Cry Out —
... of the holidays … my copy is wrapped and wready (for me).
For crap like this … reporters get paid?
So it was a lie … Mr Ayers returns.
Ephraim!
The Christian carnival.
So, to all you Mrs Palin despisers … a remark from her off the cuff … but do you agree or not?
Resurrection.
Loss of faith in a child … advice.
Here?
Top 10 in the dumps list from the right.
On that ...
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