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...controlled by France's Renault, has been itching to unveil the dazzling new iteration of a sports car that once defined an affordable testosterone boost. Remember the 240Z, the long-nosed rocket that every boy just had to drive after it came out in 1970, later known as the fastest-selling sports car of its time? Monday, to cacophonous music and a panoply of strobe lights in the Motor City's Cobo Hall, Ghosn was set to reintroduce the "Z" and all the verve that it once stood...
...best performance ever seen." So said Maurice Greene before the male version of the 100 m. While not quite equal to his wish, the world-record holder ran a dramatic race, coming from third to catch the leaders at 60 m and then to pull away. The world's fastest man, usually brazen, cried openly during the medal ceremony...
...course, Gore 2004 isn't exactly slipping away. The populations on the fastest rise are urban and minority, in booming population centers like Atlanta, Miami and Las Vegas, and the nation's cities are classic Democratic stomping grounds. To assume Florida stays red after the 2000 election fiasco is an exercise in denial. And when the census gets its close-view, block-by-block count finished in March, those urban and minority head-counts will give Bush a chance to address the problems with his election in Florida - or irk those groups all over again...
...negative real gross domestic product. But the economy is slowing so fast that it feels like a recession. Six months ago, real GDP was growing at a 5.6% annual rate. Goldman Sachs estimates that it will slow to 2.7% this quarter and 1.5% next. That's one of the fastest decelerations ever. Inflation is low, so the Fed has room to cut rates and maybe stave off anything terrible. Still, it looks like lean times ahead...
...analysts earlier this year, "tap water will be relegated to showers and washing dishes." Coming on the heels of Pepsi's recent $370 million purchase of SoBe, the hottest of the New Age tonics, the Gatorade deal was Enrico's crowning achievement, effectively solidifying Pepsi's dominance in the fastest-growing segment of the drinks business. "In this area," says Emanuel Goldman, an analyst at ING Barings, "the tables are turned...