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...billion a year for soft drinks, Americans seem to have almost unquenchable thirst. A handy new aid that caters to this craving is called Soda Stream. Fitted with a carbon dioxide cartridge, the shiny plastic appliance fizzes tap water into salt-free club soda. Adding flavor concentrates will make instant plain or diet cola, tonic, root beer or the popular fruit sodas. Compared with supermarket soda prices, which can soar as high as 50¢ for a 12-oz. brand-name can, Soda Stream at 15¢ per bottle is a bargain. The initial investment of $39.95 buys the mechanism and other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tidbits | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...letter explained the President's reluctance to implement the amendment: "I am mindful," the letter says, "of the uncertainties of its application to such brief and temporary periods of incapacity. I do not believe that the drafters of this amendment intended its application to situations such as the instant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Minding the Store? | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...noisy confluence of publicity pronouncements, news bulletins, market analyses, gadfly lawsuits and expert pontifications on the momentous Coca-Cola controversy, the Republic seemed to shudder for an instant last week, then right itself and face toward the flag. In the midst of all the foaming and burbling, though, Americans demonstrated some interesting reactions toward the whole process of change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: New but Not Necessarily Improved | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...both hounded by the press, both with tears streaking their faces. Halfway through the Olympic 3,000-meter final, Budd, the barefoot sensation from South Africa, went a half-stride ahead and cut in slightly on Decker, the U.S. champion competing in her first Games. In one heart-stopping instant, Decker got tangled up in Budd's feet and crashed. As she cried out with the pain of a torn muscle and the sight of her Olympic dreams sprinting away, boos were showered on Budd, who wound up seventh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Way It Might Have Been | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...that it planned to build a $3.5 billion factory that will produce a new subcompact car called the Saturn. Since then, 36 states and dozens of cities have made bids to be host to a project that will provide 6,000 jobs at the plant and a shot of instant prosperity to the surrounding region. The choice of a site was originally expected to be made in April, but the suspense has dragged on maddeningly as GM considered more than 100 locations. Last week the company cleared away the last obstacle to a decision when it reached an agreement with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GM Picks the Winner | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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