Chinese buses.Deficient public transport, one of the most pressing problems inherited inherited received by inheritance. inherited achondroplastic dwarfism see achondroplastic dwarfism. inherited combined immunodeficiency see combined immune deficiency syndrome (disease). by Cuba's new president, Raul Castro, has taken a great leap forward Great Leap Forward, 1957–60, Chinese economic plan aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Initiated by Mao Zedong, the plan emphasized decentralized, labor-intensive industrialization, typified by the construction of thousands of backyard steel over the last year thanks to thousands of buses imported from China, reports Reuters (March 14, 2008). The lines at Havana bus stops are now much shorter with new buses running 10 or 15 minutes apart, and the sight of Cubans racing desperately to catch a lone bus already packed with passengers is less frequent. Cuba started buying buses from Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co. in 2005 when its economy recovered with the help of Venezuela, and stepped up the pace last year by ordering another 5,348 buses worth US$370 million, becoming the company's largest foreign client. Yutong buses, with air conditioning air conditioning, mechanical process for controlling the humidity, temperature, cleanliness, and circulation of air in buildings and rooms. Indoor air is conditioned and regulated to maintain the temperature-humidity ratio that is most comfortable and healthful. and TV screens, now connect Cuban towns in rural areas where the more usual form of transport has been standing in the back of open trucks or crammed cram v. crammed, cram·ming, crams v.tr. 1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff. 2. To fill too tightly. 3. a. To gorge with food. into privately-run vintage Chevrolet trucks. |
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