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Lawmakers certainly need instruction. What most legislators know about the Internet would fill a Post-it note. Such ignorance is bliss for the high-tech industry. Not since the days of oil barons and railway tycoons has Washington been so in the thrall of a group of corporate executives...
Such competition may be one reason for the p.r. skirmish, but another factor is the rising cost of gasoline. "All of a sudden people are saying, 'Oh, my gosh, what a horrible price to fill up my tank!'" says Senator Richard Bryan, a Nevada Democrat who is pushing for tougher gas-mileage rules. "Fuel economy has crept back onto the radar screen...
...abysmally expensive to operate--it takes three times the maintenance of a 747 and burns 50% more fuel despite carrying 100 passengers to the 747's 400--and in recent years Air France and British Airways, the only airlines that operate the plane, have taken to using gimmicks to fill the seats. But the romance of safely breaking the sound barrier while sipping champagne and eating caviar remained intact--until last week...
...moment in "Kwai" when the maniacally correct Nicholson stumbles across William Holden - "You!" - and looks at the ground as bullets fly and disillusionment explodes all over Nicholson's face - could have won him his Best Actor all by itself. The movie, too big for the grimacing Holden to fill out on his own, is complete because of Guinness. "Doctor Zhivago" could have used more...
...meantime, they will fill the streets with violence, spectacle and noise. Their actions will degenerate from street festival to street-fighting, and they will paralyze this city...