Word: eye
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There are, no doubt, engineering solutions for most of these problems. Honda, for example, claims its automated driving system can safely reduce the gap between vehicles traveling 35 m.p.h. to 6 ft. while retaining a 3-ft. margin of safety. But margins of safety are in the eye of the beholder, as Chrysler's Zyburt and I discover about halfway around one of the track's cobblestone lanes. "This is where it gets rough on our test drivers," he warns me, just as, on cue, the Jeep slams to a halt, throwing us painfully against our seat belts. "Oops," Zyburt...
...might have come from a more playful Oliver Stone; call it Natural Born Lovers. Director Baz Luhrmann envelops Romeo and his goodfellas in portentous slo-mo for the shoot-outs, giddy fast-mo for comedy scenes. The camera literally runs circles around the lovers. When Romeo sees Juliet, his eye explodes in fireworks. The sound track pulses with rap and rock and sound effects that you'd expect in a Hong Kong melodrama; they shoot forth thunder. The style is studiously kicky, less RSC than...
...essay by Krauthammer was certainly an eye-opener on the magnitude of media distortion in the U.S. How sad that we put our trust in a "free" press that routinely and overwhelmingly seeks to slant our perceptions, most particularly where Israel is concerned. Krauthammer is to be commended for his efforts to give us both sides of a situation, which is difficult enough without the arousal of undue sympathy toward a particular side by journalists (and their editors). PATRICE WELTMANN Buffalo Grove, Illinois Via E-mail...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On growing up as the sixth of 10 children] "You had to grab the biscuits fast. Improved my speed. Helped my hand-eye coordination...
Cooksey wants the government out of everyone's hair--and pocketbook. The eye doctor, who has raised money for a clinic in Kenya and occasionally performs eye surgery there, would lower taxes, eliminate the departments of Energy and Education and declare a moratorium on new federal regulations. In this newly created district, made up largely of conservatives, that should give him an edge, which he would need against the more politically savvy Francis Thompson...