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...Antichrist. In other words, how close are we to the end of the world? The index hit an all-time high of 182 on Sept. 24, as the bandwidth nearly melted under the weight of 8 million visitors: any reading over 145, Strandberg says, means "Fasten your seat belt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apocalypse Now | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

...better that the dollar eases to a sustainable level now rather than crashing later. If the market works like O'Neill thinks, the economic band may play on. But if things move too slow or fast, he may be caught between a rocker and a hard place. UNITED KINGDOM Fasten Your Seatbelts Britain's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is in for a bumpy ride. Privatization was meant to modernize and bring new funding to the country's air-traffic-control system, which could then serve as the nucleus of a leaner network for all of Europe's skies. Instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 5/26/2002 | See Source »

Cover your coffee and fasten your seatbelt: the ride from the Quad is now bumpy...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quad Speed Bumps Stymie Speeders | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

...LEFTY LOOSEY, RIGHTY TIGHTY The screwdriver is the only major mechanical tool not independently invented by the Chinese. An early use of screws was by medieval jousting knights to fasten their armor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History Writ Small | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...driving down the road, minding your own business, when it suddenly occurs to you that you've forgotten to buckle your seat belt. And then, just as you reach down to fasten the strap, you see flashing red and blue lights in your rearview mirror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feel Confined by Your Seat Belt? How About Handcuffs? | 4/24/2001 | See Source »

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