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This week the guessing game comes to an end as Kamen unveils his baby under its official name: Segway. Given the buildup, some are bound to be disappointed. ("It won't beam you to Mars or turn lead into gold," shrugs Kamen. "So sue me.") But there is no denying that the Segway is an engineering marvel. Developed at a cost of more than $100 million, Kamen's vehicle is a complex bundle of hardware and software that mimics the human body's ability to maintain its balance. Not only does it have no brakes, it also has no engine...
Austria is to alpine skiing what Switzerland is to money: small but powerful, and more than a match for the U.S., not to mention the rest of the schussing world. The Austrians have dominated skiing in recent years, whereas the last American man to win an Olympic Alpine gold was Tommy Moe in 1994. In general, U.S. downhillers have made the nation's soccer players look downright Brazilian...
...even more eager to interrogate those taken alive. Defense Department officers have heard that Taliban intelligence chief Qari Ahmadullah is either in Northern Alliance custody or negotiating to surrender to rebel forces in Kandahar. Taliban sources claim he has gone home to Ghazni. He would be a potential gold mine if captured...
...Do” and a “Don’t,” and Lucky/Lousy Days in three categories: career, love and well-being. If the general reading isn’t enough, one can always get out a planner and put a gold star next to the lucky love day (maybe my crush and I will totally make eye-contact in section) and a big red “X” on the lousy career day (I don’t even have a career. Wait a second, that’s pretty lousy...
...future and I became horribly distraught when she said I’d have three children out of wedlock. Children? Wedlock? What are these scary words and why did the mystic feel the need to throw them in my face? Couldn’t her little sparkly gold rocks tell her that I still get the hives from words like “deadline” and “graduate?...