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Getting more people to consistently climb aboard is going to take a major commitment of both public and private dollars. Passenger trains, after all, didn't die a natural, market-driven death. In the 1930s and '40s, a consortium of General Motors, Firestone, Standard Oil and others bought up popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Any Way To Run A Railroad? | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

Kamen's dream of a Segway-saturated world won't come true overnight. In fact, ordinary folks won't be able to buy the machines for at least a year, when a consumer model is expected to go on sale for about $3,000. For now, the first customers to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinventing the Wheel | 12/2/2001 | See Source »

Listening to the first of the double-disc album Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 is a singularly surreal experience. When the legendary electric blues guitarist took the stage at the Swiss jazz festival on July 17, 1982, he was a relative unknown, receiving third...

Author: By James Crawford, Andrew R. Iliff, and Daniel M. Raper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: New Albums | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Fears of terrorism caused a sharp drop in attendance and cancellation of the opening ceremonies at the annual Tokyo Motor Show earlier this month, but the new roadsters and concept cars from Toyota, Honda, Nissan and their competitors were as daring and imaginative as ever. New consumer cars, including the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Briefing: Nov. 26, 2001 | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

Small companies are generally reluctant to tangle with big ones in patent disputes, which can take years and cost millions of dollars. But recent cases--including a 1997 judgment in which Fonar Corp. won $128 million from General Electric over use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology--have persuaded more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Briefing: Nov. 26, 2001 | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

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