A battery-driven bus has been developed by a group of British companies. The bus, a fifty- passenger single-deck (1) , is to go into (2) in Manchester shortly, and discussions with the Department of the Environment are (3) to lead to a (4) batch (批) of twenty going into (5) passenger service in Manchester within two years. Unlike the small govemment- sponsored battery bus now (6) trials in provincial cities, (7) low speed and range effectively limits it to city centre operation, the new Silent Rider, (8) a range of 40 miles between charges and a (9) of 40 m.p.h., will take (10) place with diesel (柴油) buses for normal urban and suburban (11) .
Its capital (12) is higher (13) lower maintenance and fuel costs bring it (14) to a fully competitive cost with the diesel bus over a thirteen- year life，without (15) into account the environmental bene
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The Science of Persuasion
If leadership consists of getting things done through others, then persuasion is one of the leader’s essential tools. Many executives have assumed that this tool is beyond their grasp, available only to the charismatic (有魅力的) and the eloquent. Over the past several decades, though, experimental psychologists have learned which methods reliably lead people to concede, comply, or change. Their research shows that persuasion is governed by several principles that can be taught and applied.
The first principle is that people are more likely to follow someone who is similar to them than someone who is not. Wise managers, then, ask peers to help make their cases. Second, people are more willing to cooperate with those who are not only like them but who like them, as well. So it’s worth the time to uncover real similarities and offer genuine praise.
Third, experiments confirm the intuitive truth that people tend to tre
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On the area weather map, most stations in southern Michigan are still reporting sunny skies. It’s seventy-nine degrees at Detroit, seventy-three de grees at Lansthg. Chicago is reporting light showers. South Bend is cloudy as the cloudiness moves in from the southwest. The temperature at Ann Ar bor Airport in degrees Celsius is twenty-three point three. That’ s seventy four degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. Sixty-six degrees is the water tempera ture of the lake with winds gusting at twenty knots. The relative humidity is fifty-five percent and the barometric pressure is thirty point eleven inches of mercury and falling. The poliution index today is seventy-five. The quality of our air is fair. Sunrise will be at six o’ clock tomorrow morning. And now for the extended forecast. For tonight, we expect partly cloudy condi tions and mild temperatures with tonight’s low about sixty degrees and only a twenty percent chance of any showers this evening. Tomorrow m
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