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Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids

nytimes.com
Feb. 14, 2009
Akio Toyoda will take charge of the car company facing its most serious setback since a crisis in the early 1950s.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler