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According to the 1999 census, Paris is losing population, while up-and-coming centers like Toulouse, Lyons and Lille are gaining. The southwest is currently France's fastest-growing region. Analysts attribute the shift to quality-of-life issues, a discovery of the cultural richness of the provinces and a resurgence of regional identity--all aided by technological advances that offer workers and companies an unprecedented degree of mobility. "If you are a successful start-up in Bordeaux or Toulouse in the technology field," says economist and author Alain Minc, "the question for the boss is whether to stay...
Marion Jones, the fastest woman in the world and occasional Nike spokesperson, has made it clear that we Americans don't give our track stars the respect they deserve. She's right...
...these words and letters mean. And while the HGP boasts that it has done its sequence nearly seven times over to guarantee accuracy, Celera has gone over its own almost five times. Moreover, the company came up with a new technique that made its sequencing rate, already the fastest around, even faster. In addition, Venter claims that by the end of the year, he'll have sequenced the genome of the mouse--whose 2.3 billion letters contain enough similarities to ours to make it vitally important to scientists tracking down human gene function...
...combining tall, medium-width tires and a broad seat with springs, allowing for an upright riding position. Now comes the ultimate body-coddling machine: the "comfort" model. It marries the seat, tires and upright ride of the hybrid with the shock absorption of the mountain bike. The industry's fastest-growing category, comfort bikes now make up 40% of the line at Raleigh and are becoming standard for other makers. "They've combined the technology of mountain bikes with the surefootedness of the Eisenhower-era models," observes Paul Rinehart of Spoke Bicycles in Williamstown, Mass. Some companies even make comfort...
There we reconnected with our bikes and checked in satchels of dry clothing, which volunteers then trucked to the finish line. At 9:30, we joined the steady stream of cyclists for the long ride eastward. Those on svelte road bikes were the fastest, but in the rain their narrow tires were especially vulnerable to punctures. Cyclists on workhorse mountain bikes had to pump the hardest. Most of our pedaling was on the broad asphalt shoulder of Montauk Highway, which parallels the coast as it runs through resort towns and lavish residential areas. Forsythia, lilac, horse chestnut, wisteria and dogwood...