Word: celling
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...given time, as many as one in 10 drivers are talking on their cell phones behind the wheel, say researchers at the University of Utah Traffic Lab. These distracted drivers not only pose a safety hazard, but, as new data suggests, they may be slowing down your commute...
Drivers on cell phones, even on hands-free devices, travel more slowly than other drivers, are less likely to pass sluggish vehicles and ultimately take longer to complete their commute - researchers estimate that such distracted drivers lengthen the average car commute by about 5% to 10%. That amounts to only a few extra minutes a day, but those minutes add up. Say your hour-long commute were cut by 10% a day - or 6 mins. - in each direction; the savings would translate to an entire weekend of free time a year. An additional 30 to 50 hours of yearly commuting...
...Ministry of Tourism, he explained. Would I be so kind as to fill out a survey on my stay in Pakistan? The previous week had been eventful, to say the least. I had landed in Lahore on Thursday, Dec 27. As I left the airport for my hotel my cell phone pinged with an SMS from my wife: "Bhutto dead in Rawalpindi blast." The following few days are a bit of a blur, and then on New Year's Eve I fell sick with some intestinal bug that took two days to beat. "I'm not sure...
...received our visas and boarded a Soviet-era Tupolev plane belonging to Air Koryo, the national North Korean airline, for the two-hour flight to Pyongyang. We had no itinerary because our trip was considered "secret" information at that point. After landing, we were asked to hand over any cell phone, computer with GPS, radio and video camera?all forbidden from that moment forward...
...utilize the energy of today's teens so they spend far less time in front of their computers and TV sets. Teens need to get out of their bedroom and do some concrete work, beneficial to both them and their families--preferably some physical occupation not requiring computers or cell phones. ROSS AND NANCY KAPALA Randolph...