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...also went to the Republicans and Maine elected an independent, only Vermont will still have a Democrat in the statehouse come January. And in the Democrat's once solid South, a march to the G.O.P. climaxed with the narrow defeat of Alabama's Democratic Governor James Folsom Jr. by Fob James, a former Democratic Governor who switched parties...
...Hunting of the President,? co-directed by Nickolas Perry and FOB #1 Harry Thomason, concentrated on the long-running campaign to ruin Clinton, first in Arkansas, then in the White House. The film revved into high dudgeon and stayed there, spicing the allegations of dirty tricks with obtrusively cute inserts from old movies. All that visual noise allowed it to tiptoe past the acknowledgment that, however heinous the methods of Clinton?s enemies, most of the sexual dirt they shoveled was based in fact...
...alternative to cash for purchases where speed and convenience are important, such as at fast-food restaurants, gas stations and dry cleaners. In July Amex set up a real-world RFID test in Phoenix, Ariz., allowing card users and employees to charge at 200 merchants with an RFID-ready fob attached to a key chain. Amex vice president David Bonalle says RFID pilots have cut transaction time 30% to 50% and average sales have gone...
...focus groups. "It sure would be easier than fumbling around in my purse," says Tracey Serenka, who had her two sons--Eric, 1, and Jason, 4--in tow at a Carl's Jr. recently. Another advantage over a credit card: there is no name or signature on the fob, and the account number differs from that on the user's regular card, reducing chances that crooks can steal from the account. If the fob is stolen or lost, American Express eats the liability...
Bonalle says the "light came on" for him nearly three years ago, thanks to his wife, who uses ExxonMobil's RFID-based Speedpass fob to pay for gasoline at the pump. At least 6 million people have used Speedpass since its 1997 introduction. But the technology spread far beyond the pump this year after all three major card companies--Amex, Visa and MasterCard--endorsed interoperability standards for RFID payments. Besides the Amex pilot, there have been trials by MasterCard (for its PayPass card in Orlando, Fla.) and Visa (which plans to use RFID-ready phones in Asia). Someday you will...