One sign that the world is improving is that hybrid vehicles such as the Escape don't feel like a chore, or as if you're driving them because you would feel more guilty if you bought a 12-cylinder Mercedes from DaimlerChrysler (nyse: DCX - news - people ).

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"Mr. Holmes, if you're listening to a victim, if you'd just plead guilty, we could all move forward, " Mr. Weaver told reporters outside the court.

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Now some of these matches get called all-time because they are truly all-time (Federer-Nadal Wimbledon is indisputable I will come to your house and chase you around the front yard with a Wilson T-2000 if you disagree), but we're all probably guilty of occasionally getting gushy.

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