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...variety of angles, says TIME senior writer Richard Lacayo. "Different cities will try different combinations of fixes," Lacayo says. "Some communities, like Portland, have created 'greenbelts' that surround the city and contain new development. Other cities are pushing for light rail systems." Not surprisingly, proponents of development want to build new roads and expand those that exist; alternative transportation advocates and environmentalists argue that new roads simply attract new cars, leading to more overcrowding. These folks want to see new forms of transport in our cities: more monorails and subways, and, of course, fewer automobiles. "The real challenge here...
Given a potentially world-changing new technology, what does your modern-day greedy capitalist do? Build a theme park! That Barnumesque observation (a tad dated in this age of tech multibillionaires) isn't the only thing that's overfamiliar in this dull time-travel tale from the author of Jurassic Park. Here, America's favorite didact is out to learn us a thing or two about quantum mechanics and taking history seriously. His highly educated, lightly characterized academic heroes get their soft hands roughed up battling 14th century knights rather than prehistoric raptors. Crichton has clearly learned from his best...
...level of oxygen-rich blood it's receiving, grow extra blood vessels. But the process, called angiogenesis, is often too slow and not extensive enough to stave off a heart attack. About 10 years ago, scientists started identifying certain proteins, called growth factors, that the body uses to build new blood vessels. The proteins act like foremen at a construction site, making sure that all the pieces of the project come together smoothly. Animal experiments showed that there were several ways to get growth factors into the heart. You could inject a gene--either by itself or wrapped...
Judge Jackson makes a strong argument. The operating system with the most applications "wins" the market, he says, because it has the broadest appeal to consumers. As users settle on a platform, developers build more applications for it, which attracts yet more users. "What for Microsoft is a positive feedback is for would-be competitors a vicious cycle," Jackson wrote. With more than 70,000 Windows programs out there, it's almost impossible for any upstart to come along and grab significant market share...
...build support around the country, Microsoft brought on staff a veteran of Direct Impact, a D.C.-area firm whose clients have included the tobacco industry, managed-care companies and others who want "grass-roots" responses generated on issues. Another addition: Tom Synhorst, a political operative and phone-bank virtuoso who does projects for George W. Bush. And there's evidence of Microsoft's courting business and political players at the smallest levels. In September, senior vice president Craig Mundie spoke to the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce, drawing an overflow crowd of about 900. Last month former Republican National...