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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...million electric cars may sound like a big deal considering that there are only 1,452 such vehicles on German roads today. But Germany registers more than 3.7 million new cars every year. "Even if the government reaches its goal, it would still only affect 2% of the cars on German streets," wrote the daily Berliner Zeitung. "Electric cars will, for the foreseeable future, remain a niche product. For years, huge sums have been invested in fuel cells or hydrogen-powered cars - but no viable cars have appeared on the market." The German government may be hoping its investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Trabi, East Germany's Clunker, On the Comeback? | 8/25/2009 | See Source »

...biggest story of the NBA off-season is Shaquille O'Neal joining LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. How does the move affect Cleveland's chances of winning the championship? I think they obviously improved. People have different things to say about Shaq, but he is undoubtedly the most dominant force in the NBA. When we're playing, we notice that Shaq is on the court. Regardless of how effective he's been, he affects you mentally. He changes your thought process about how you're going to go in there and do different things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quentin Richardson, the Human Trading Chip | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...proposed by House Democrats, if enacted, would in fact mark a significant change in the Federal Government's role in the financing of abortions. "It would be a dramatic shift," says Representative Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat who has vowed to oppose the bill because of how it would affect abortion. Stupak says dozens of House Democrats may join him in opposing a final health-care compromise unless the abortion language is changed, presenting a clear challenge to Democratic vote counters that could imperil a party-line vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Abortion Could Imperil Health-Care Reform | 8/24/2009 | See Source »

...still doing this study?" he says. "If you are trying to make the argument that [different health outcomes] must be genetic by exhausting other possibilities and saying what is left over must be genes, well, that's never going to work. There are a million things that affect people's lives. If you think it's genes, then measure genes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Racial Profiling Persists in Medical Research | 8/22/2009 | See Source »

...cross the border, if not having a direct hand in the violence - "The dark powers," in the words of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political adviser Sadiq al-Rukabi. "They don't want a strong government in Iraq. And they try in one way or another to affect the progress of the Iraqi people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Bombs, Iraqi Leaders Play a Blame-Game | 8/21/2009 | See Source »

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