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...come from the LS400, a model that Car and Driver magazine rated as better than both the $63,000 Mercedes 420SEL and the $55,000 BMW 735i in terms of ride, handling and performance. Up against the industry's pedigreed names, Lexus has created virtually instant brand loyalty, a feat unprecedented in the luxury-auto market. Charles Ruffner, a tax attorney in Miami, is a Lexus convert after owning four Mercedes-Benz over the years. "The Lexus is the best car I've ever had," says Ruffner, who describes the Mercedes as "Teutonic and utilitarian, like driving a Jeep...
Finding any kind of neutrino is a neat trick. The Baksan detector consists of four tanks filled with 30 tons of the element gallium, which liquefies at about room temperature. If a solar neutrino of the right energy interacts with the material in the tanks, a feat of atomic alchemy will transmute some of the gallium into germanium, another metallic element...
Examining all options to defuse the crisis, the U.S. has begun to weigh the possibilities of toppling Saddam from within. That, however, would be no mean feat. There is no organized opposition in Iraq and no dissident movement to speak of. Saddam has seen to that by killing or imprisoning all foes, real or imagined. According to British diplomats, he had some 50 senior military officers, including several generals, shot when they balked at his plans to raid Kuwait...
After lengthy legal appeals, word came last week that the regional prefect has suggested that the case be reviewed -- a difficult feat in August, when most of the French are away on holiday...
...sport does have its hazards. Gliding along on a pair of molded thermoplastic blades equipped with high-performance ball bearings, skaters can reach speeds of 30 m.p.h. or more, which means stopping is no easy feat. Learning to slow down smoothly -- one method is to lean back on the skates' rear-mounted brakes -- takes lots of practice and usually a few spills. Novices should wear hand and knee guards and probably helmets as well. The most common injury: broken wrists from pitching forward onto the pavement...