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...need to integrate various agencies for defense, and it’s not a concept we had before—all America’s wars were fought far away and we never had to physically defend ourselves,” he says. “This presented us with a very large first step...
...must not be targeted in the aftermath of the attacks. Yet there were still isolated incidents of violence—and more pervasive but less visible, a widespread sense of distrust of anyone who looked like the stereotypical “terrorist,” as meaningless as that concept is. America must rebuild, as a nation that holds pluralism to be one of its dearest values...
Covert product placement has been around for years, with movie and TV producers accepting cash for the casual positioning of a particular brand of soda or make of sports car in the background of a scene. But now the concept has leaped off the screen into other areas of life, often catching consumers unaware. Celebrities such as Lauren Bacall and Kathleen Turner appear on talk shows and praise prescription drugs without disclosing that they have been paid by the drugmakers. Marketers give expensive sneakers, colognes or even cars to young trendsetters on college campuses, at the fringes of show...
MARINE RESERVES Wilderness areas in the oceans are a relatively new concept. One of its pioneers is Bill Ballantine, a marine biologist in New Zealand with the University of Auckland who in 1965 raised the idea of "no take" reserves, which prohibit all fishing. New Zealand now has 16 marine reserves; others have been established in Australia, Belize, the Galapagos Islands and the Caribbean. In 2000 the Nature Conservancy purchased the atoll of Palmyra, 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, to preserve its 15,000 acres of pristine coral reefs...
...their place is a skateboard-like platform--just 6 in. thick--that houses the fuel cells, the hydrogen tank and all the electronics that are needed to power the car. Electric motors placed inside each wheel get the car rolling. Because the steering controls are all electronic--a concept known as "drive by wire"--gone, too, is the mechanical steering column. Instead, drivers rotate a small handgrip to accelerate and squeeze it to brake. "The basic premise is providing consumers with a design they can get passionate about, rather than asking them to compromise their lifestyles," says Christopher Borroni-Bird...