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But Brussels' bureaucrats have not dared tell the British to drive on the right. Nor have the Twelve been able to agree on uniform electric plugs or phone jacks. In theory, professional barriers have dropped, so a Greek dentist can practice in Aberdeen, Scotland and an Italian lawyer can hang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No One Ever Said It Would Be Easy | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

"Snow is an enjoyable novelty for the first few weeks, but then you can't wait for it to end." said Douglas E. Feldman '94, originally of California. "But I've got an electric blanket."

Author: By Steven G. Dickstein, | Title: Area Snowfall Increases | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

If the basic rules of chemistry are any guide, life should not exist. Scientists showed in the 1950s that shooting an electric spark through a soup of chemicals -- thus simulating lightning strikes on the primordial planet earth -- could produce simple organic compounds. But complex, self-reproducing chemicals like dna? They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Field of Complexity | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

There was plenty of sarcastic speculation about what happened between Monday afternoon, when NBC was defiantly dismissing GM's charges, and Tuesday morning, when it drafted an abject apology largely on GM's terms. NBC News president Michael Gartner says he simply realized that he had goofed by speaking first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where NBC Went Wrong | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

This looks like Clinton's No. 2 choice. A 5% sales tax on energy would raise $18 billion a year and cost the average family about $100 a year in higher gasoline and electric bills. But oil and gas producers object that the levy would favor coal companies because their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not a Gas Tax? | 2/15/1993 | See Source »

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