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Worldwide, 280,000 people belong to car-share programs, nearly three-quarters of them in Europe, according to Susan Shaheen, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. The idea spread to the U.S. in 1998, with the opening of a small company in Portland, Ore. Since then, the movement has grown to 14 firms with 62,000 members in 14 states and the District of Columbia. The firms range from ambitious outfits like Zipcar and Flexcar, which are each adding as many as 1,000 members a month, to modest start-ups like the Dancing Rabbit Vehicle Co-operative...
Before selling his Berkeley, Calif., veterinary practice of 39 years and moving to Vermont, Berger did his best to compartmentalize, working 70 hours a week and then taking a month or two off to pursue his other interests. It was always exciting and always hectic but also an arrangement that he backed into, a reaction to life's inevitable twists and turns. "When I went to vet school, it didn't quite occur to me that being a veterinarian was an indoor job." In fact, Berger assumed he'd be a zoo veterinarian, but he found that world...
...Paul Ehrlich, a biologist from Cal Berkeley, who in the early 70s became a superstar on Carson' show by predicting that the earth's population would be 12 billion by the year 2000. (Population in 2000: 6.5 billion...
...collects for referring business to brokers around the country. In this case, the rebate chopped the total commission on Getson's deal from 6% to 5.5%--an important chink in the Old Guard's armor, says Peter Sealey, a professor of technology and marketing at the University of California, Berkeley. "Slowly but surely, technology is coming into play in the real estate market," he says. "As it does, brokers will lose their stranglehold on the process. Commissions ultimately should be cut in half...
...Paul Berkeley, the president of the Allston Civic Association, said residents were concerned less with the change in ownership and more with the future use of the property...