Word: favorered
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...true that Amtrak has been badly run, but let new regional rail systems be set up on their own and forget Amtrak. Comparisons have been loaded to denigrate trains in favor of cars and air travel. It is true the rehabilitation of the nation's railroads would cost billions. But the arithmetic on costs and energy efficiency argues, in the long term, in favor of boldly creative, high-speed regional rail systems that would take the environmental and traffic pressures off highways and airports...
...course, the best way to conserve energy and reduce pollution would be to phase out cars in favor of mass transportation. But let's face it: that's not going to happen. People want a private, comfortable way to get around, and so our love affair with the automobile is as hot as ever. More than 17 million cars are sold each year in the U.S. alone, and demand is surging in developing countries such as China, where sales are expected to grow from 600,000 in 2001 to 2 million...
...example appears in the latest "Complete Crumb." "Footsy," rendered in a dramatic chiaroscuro, tells of his teenage encounters with the feet of various "lusty creatures" at school. For the new story, "Don't Tempt Fate," Crumb has abandoned the rich blacks that characterized this part of his career in favor of a crosshatching technique that captures every ripple of flesh and clothing. "Fate" tells the story of how a playmate accidentally smashed Crumb's mouth, leaving him with an absurd, gap-toothed grin all through adolescence. Not so funny? Wait till you see. Crumb's willingness to show himself...
...true that Amtrak has been badly run, but let new regional rail systems be set up on their own and forget Amtrak. Comparisons have been loaded to denigrate trains in favor of cars and air travel. It is true the rehabilitation of the nation's railroads would cost billions. But the arithmetic on costs and energy efficiency argues, in the long term, in favor of boldly creative, high-speed regional rail systems that would take the environmental and traffic pressures off highways and airports...
...West Bank and Gaza. But unlike them - although more in keeping with the sentiments on the Palestinian street - he sees "armed struggle," at least in the West Bank and Gaza, as a valid and effective means of pursuing that goal. Imprisoning Barghouti may be the equivalent of a political favor, because incarceration would keep him aloof from the messy politics of compromise and negotiation in the months and even years ahead. (Indeed, an imprisoned Barghouti may represent more of a headache for Arafat than for the Israelis - already there have been reports from Ramallah of Palestinian police being sent...