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In the meantime, the cities had no choice but to cope as best they could--get the sanitation workers out to harvest the remains of every dead refrigerator, get the buses and trains moving. Ohio Governor Bob Taft declared a state of emergency in Cleveland after all four pumping stations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackout '03: Lights Out | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

Option 3: Resign Tung would have no choice but to quit if Beijing urged him to go. Under Hong Kong's mini-constitution, he must resign if he cannot discharge his duties (because of illness, for example), repeatedly fails to get his policies or budget approved by the legislature, or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next? | 7/14/2003 | See Source »

THE BATTERY Franklin also discovered the difference between conductors and insulators of electricity. He used a device called a Leyden jar to hold and discharge electricity-even using some to kill a turkey for a feast. Wiring together charged plates, and later jars, he created and named an electrical battery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Inventor: A Beautiful Mind | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

HPMs can unleash in a flash as much electrical power--2 billion watts or more--as the Hoover Dam generates in 24 hours. Capacitors aboard the missile discharge an energy pulse--moving at the speed of light and impervious to bad weather--in front of the missile as it nears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Ultra-Secret Weapon | 1/27/2003 | See Source »

After his release, Peter moved back home with his parents, whose vision of a blissful retirement quickly evaporated. They focused all their energy on their son, who enrolled in a day treatment center that provided him with a social outlet as well as some coping skills. Ed worked to reverse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schizophrenia: One Family's Burden | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

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