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...when he was 9, David Shields' father Milt stepped on the third rail while crossing some train tracks. Using a piece of wood, a friend rescued him from electrocution as well as--with seconds to spare--an oncoming train. Decades later, Milt rammed his car into a garbage truck and walked away unhurt. At 86, he had a heart attack while playing tennis. He not only finished the set but he also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Story of My Death | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

...ownership of an automobile in the United States has become nothing short of a divine birthright. It’s a universally accepted fact: Americans love their cars and would sooner sacrifice their firstborn than relinquish their entitlement to the family sedan. And naturally, many have lambasted for years the environmental destruction brought upon by this auto-centric culture. Yet as the U.S. continues to look for a balance between going green and the American dream, India has found its place amidst the controversy with its new initiative, the Tata Corporation’s Nano, also known...

Author: By James A. Mcfadden | Title: India’s ‘Model T’ | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

...Hizballah has vowed revenge for the car bomb killing of Imad Mughniyah, and Israel is taking the threat seriously. Israel has placed its army on alert and reinforced its presence along the northern border with Lebanon. Patriot anti-missile batteries have been deployed near Haifa, Israel's second-largest city, 40 kilometers south of the Lebanese border. Even airlines flying into Israel have been instructed to ensure that all passengers are seated half an hour before landing to protect against a 9/11-style hijacking and aerial attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel and Hizballah on High Alert | 2/24/2008 | See Source »

...this fourth or fifth rerun of the events, we have determined that Vantage Point has ambitions no higher than making the audience's collective pulse race as fast as the car Quaid will be maneuvering breathlessly through rush-hour traffic. The movie is best seen as straightforward, sometimes harrowing melodrama, packed with mistaken identities, beautiful villains, a kindly tourist who can outrace the bad guys, and a lost little girl whom the film brazenly sends onto a highway full of speeding cars. It's as if Dakota Fanning had wandered onto the streets of Ronin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vantage Point: Assassination Fun | 2/23/2008 | See Source »

...just pulled off an assassination plot that killed dozens of high-ranking U.S. officials and a few hundred innocent bystanders. Now you're tearing through town in your getaway van with precious cargo in the back and a Secret Service agent on your tail. Would you hit the car breaks and risk being caught just to avoid running into a little girl on the highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vantage Point: Assassination Fun | 2/23/2008 | See Source »

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