At the centre of the railway industry's problems is the division of track from trains which sets up an adversarial relationship between Railtrack and the train operating companies.

ECONOMIST: A better way to run a railway

Kearney was the first African-American coach to win an NCAA national team championship in Division I track and field, and she was the first African-American to serve as a head coach at Texas.

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The company said its aviation division was again on track to deliver underlying growth, despite adverse foreign exchange fluctuations.

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Even before that, Frazier, who as general counsel had led the defense against the lawsuits resulting from the painkiller Vioxx before taking over the health division, had seemed to have the inside track among current executives.

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By setting up a few simple Excel formulas (nothing more complicated than addition and division, you can see what they look like in this sample spreadsheet), you can not only track your maintenance data (what the mechanics did, when they did it, how much it cost, and what the mileage was at the time) but also see your average daily mileage during each period between servicings.

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