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...least as we know it, is on the way out. New types of fuel and construction materials are on the horizon, and the look and feel of autos are on the brink of a radical redesign. Driving promises to become more environmentally friendly, stylish and fun. We may not be whizzing around in flying cars like the Jetsons or speeding vertically toward the sky on magnetic tracks as in Minority Report, but we will definitely be traveling in ways previously unimagined...
Plans for moving some of Harvard’s museums to University land in Allston are far enough over the horizon, Cohn said, that she didn’t think she’d be intimately involved in that planning process...
Organic-foods manufacturers are devoting more resources to the healthy-chic set. Horizon Organic, the nation's largest organic dairy producer, is getting out of the commodity milk-production business and focusing on expanding distribution and developing new products. Horizon recently introduced single-serving puddings, as well as milk boxes, which Starbucks carries. But even as its volume grows and production costs fall, Horizon won't be cutting prices. "Our data suggest a consumer tolerance for price premiums," says CEO Chuck Marcy. His pitch to supermarkets: "Take out your third- or fourth-selling brand of sour cream or cottage cheese...
...Hollywood sees an unlikely savior on the horizon: Vin Diesel. Tough, stoic and tawny, with muscles like Adonis and a voice so deep only Bea Arthur can imitate it, Diesel became a star last summer in the surprise street-racing hit The Fast and the Furious. At the moment in Hollywood, Diesel is the very model of the new action hero...
...lift up his eyes to the hills but takes in a grave, a rusty sign, a passing freight train, an abandoned suitcase lying open on the ground. And instead of composing his images formally he seems to snap at random, cutting off people's heads or tilting the horizon. Sometimes he doesn't even look through the viewfinder, but aims high and low at light fixtures or the clutter on a diner's counter...