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...Percentage of the plane's weight that was fuel when it took off from Salina, Kans...
...have the right to be self-righteous when it comes to camera phones (or anything, for that matter—this is my rant, suckers). My cell phone was manufactured circa 1887. It weighs 18 pounds and runs on Diesel fuel, not unlike a late-model Peugeot. It is utilitarian to the extreme and does its job quite well, thank...
...question mark over the U.S., the panel's predictions for Europe and Asia are less fraught than they were a year ago. China continues to grow fast: last year its economy expanded a breathtaking 9.5%. The country is still sucking in huge amounts of natural resources to fuel its manufacturing boom. That in turn is a significant factor in the rising prices for oil, steel and other commodities, which is good news for producers, but--especially in the case of oil--is raising fears of a worldwide resurgence of inflation. China also has a fragile banking system that is hampered...
...cars? Well, the cars are magnificent. All 16 are vintage European--the U.S. was master of mass production, not small-scale luxury output. Most were designed originally to race, like the 1929 Blower Bentley, with the supercharger that sits bluntly beneath its radiator to blast more oxygen into the fuel mix. Many of Lauren's cars were produced in limited editions, sometimes very limited. In the case of the plump 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe, that means three. That may have had something to do with its improbable steel ridgeback seam, several inches high, like a Mohawk haircut that...
Syria has more immediate worries in Lebanon itself. Outrage at the assassination threatens its long domination there and could even fuel opposition to the Baath regime in Damascus. For nearly three decades Syria has kept a tight grip on its client state, exercised through the 14,000 military and intelligence forces still based around Beirut and the Bekaa Valley. But opposition to the Syrian presence has grown. Damascus made a serious miscalculation last August when it manipulated the constitution. Hariri resigned in protest and quietly backed the U.N. resolution sponsored by France and the U.S. calling on Syria to depart...