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...Delanoë aims to pack a lot into the 105 sq km of Paris proper. He campaigned in 2001 on a promise to provide an additional 3,500 social-housing units a year. He wants more jobs in Paris, where the unemployment rate is over 10%. He wants more bike trails, more green space, more child-care facilities. If in the process he can get a signature building or two - a Gehry, or a Norman Foster like London's Swiss Re tower - so much the better. But it won't happen soon. "Now we're taking care of the garden...
...sales of Vespa have grown at double-digit rates since Italian scootermaker Piaggio reintroduced the small bike Stateside in 2000. The company has sold nearly 5,800 so far this year, up 43% from 2002. In November the company added the bigger Granturismo (GT) to court wealthy, first-time buyers. The redesigned GT, priced at $4,899, has a throaty 200-cc engine, sleek design, and storage space for two riders. Piaggio figures it can grab a 25% share of the U.S. market and plans to introduce more models next year to compete with the likes of Yamaha's Vino...
...INJURED. OZZY OSBOURNE, 55, heavy metal icon and star of a reality TV show featuring his family life, in a quad bike accident; on his estate in Buckinghamshire, England. Osbourne broke his collarbone and ribs, and cracked a neck vertebra...
When that decade-old five-speed gets a bit rusty, the stylish cyclist might want to consider the Colnago Ferrari CF2 Mountain Bike. For a cool $7,000, the bike’s “monocoque high modulus carbon fiber front end frame” should cut your commute down by at least 10 minutes. You can order one at www.hdosports.com, the website of a sporting goods company founded by Alasdair McLean-Foreman, or drop by their retail store in Boston. Of course, McLean-Foreman himself needs no such assistance. He can run from Johnston Gate to Hilles Library...
...heart. While still in the hospital, Hillary went through a kind of diabetes boot camp in which she learned how to monitor her blood-sugar levels, change the way she eats and boost the amount of physical activity in her life. Her parents bought her a turquoise BMX bike, which she rides at least an hour every day. She has lost 24 lbs. so far, and her glucose levels have stabilized. "Before she was diagnosed, she was happy to sit here by herself, playing with her Barbies," says Tammy Carroll, Hillary's mother. "I thought she was so calm then...