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There are two kinds of people who browse car magazines like "Car and Driver" or "Automobile:" Those who care about a car's specs - and those who care about its looks. If you're the former, if you really are fascinated by reading all that blather about gear ratios and bhp, you shouldn't be reading this column...
...Quiz: when you buy Car and Driver or Automobile magazine, do you take it home? Or leave it on the plane? When you read the Automobiles section in the newspaper, do you look around first to make sure your spouse - and I mean your wife OR your husband - isn't looking? Of course not. You're there for the pictures, not the articles. And if you really care about cars enough to read all that blather about gear ratios and bhp, you probably shouldn't be reading this column...
...Theirs was a surprise finish in the inaugural women's Olympic bobsled competition, which was expected to end with either Racine, a two-time world No. 1 driver, or one of two German teams, whose drivers ranked first and second this season, on top of the podium. Bakken, who has been hampered by injury and poor performance, hasn't won a World Cup event for years and was ranked sixth coming into the Games. But a record-breaking start time led to a track-record run in the first heat, and her USA 2 sled made a clean, relatively quick...
Adirazak Mohamud fled to Denmark a year-and-a-half ago from his native Somalia. He dreams of finding work as a bus driver and bringing his wife and baby daughter to live with him in Copenhagen. But new Danish laws may dash those dreams. The government has proposed a series of legal changes that will make it harder for refugees like him to get permanent residence in Denmark and will slash welfare payments to newcomers. "The new law is bad for us," Mohamud says. "If there is no money and no job, I'll have no choice...
...Sometimes all this vigilance is a bit frustrating. It can leave us stuck in lines for hours at a time, and I've heard horror stories of spectators trapped in buses because the driver forgot his pass. But the security does provide a great sense of comfort to those of us prone to worry...