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...think we fully appreciated how much change in the mental infrastructure would be required before people started to think it really is just unproductive and in some ways irresponsible to be moving around downtown, short distances, averaging 5 or 6 or 10 miles an hour, in a 2,000-lb. machine, with 200 horsepower, spewing out toxic waste. It doesn't make sense. But it takes a while for that to be accepted. I still think it will be accepted...
...launchers hidden in 38 underground bunkers, burrowed 6 yards down on rocky hilltops across southern Lebanon - Halutz's vaunted Israeli-made "air fuel" bombs have failed to destroy them. So last month, a top intelligence source told TIME, Israel put in an urgent request for precision-guided, 5,000 lb "bunker-buster" bombs. The Bush Administration complied, but it will take several weeks for the bombs to be fitted onto Israeli jets; Israel has also requested an urgent delivery of short-range rockets armed with cluster bombs from the U.S., according to the New York Times. But by the time...
...spring of 2005, a glossy black trailer 53 ft. long began wending its way on a national tour. It contains a singular exhibit: the latest and coolest in casket designs from the country's leading manufacturer, Batesville. The exhibit opens with the Maserati of departure vehicles--the 540-lb., $18,500 Marsellus 700 Masterpiece. Although the Marsellus defines tradition (Ronald Reagan was buried in one, but then so was the Notorious B.I.G.), what follows focuses on the four trends that have rocked the casket industry: obesity, personalization, cost competition and cremation. Local funeral directors wandering through the exhibit examine...
...Clementine, a pig put up for auction by Lacey Washut, 9, at the Central Wyoming Fair. C&Y Transportation claims its winning $200-per-lb. bid was mistakenly placed...
...Santa Monica, Calif. With husband Les, Stockton--nicknamed Pudgy for her childhood baby fat--helped popularize Muscle Beach in Santa Monica in the 1930s and '40s with demonstrations that included the human pyramid and the high press, in which she stood on Les' hands while balancing a 100-lb. barbell...