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Until now. Computer-aided design and aerospace technology have helped create a new breed of bicycles that make riding safer, easier and a lot more fun. Originally created for Olympic cyclists and now available to recreational riders, these faster, lighter vehicles incorporate such features as composite- fiber frames, three-spoke wheels, hydraulic brakes and automatic gearshifts. High-tech models can run well over $1,000 in the U.S., but the price should drop as production increases. A survey of how bikes are changing...
Vietnam has seen no major public demonstrations for greater democracy, though there has been a lively debate in some of the state-controlled press and among academicians and trade unions. In part this may be because Hanoi has ruled with a lighter touch than Beijing. Says Tran Phuoc Duong, the American- educated rector of Can Tho University, deep in the Mekong Delta: "Something has happened. There has been a lot of internal relaxation. The pace of change has taken people by surprise...
...keep itchy fingers off those dials, the network is leavening its offerings with lighter fare. News attracts a sizable cadre of thirtysomethings, but many of them switch off their sets when Eine Kleine Nachtmusik begins. Increasingly, the network is promoting what Peter Pennekamp, a programming vice president, calls "culture with a small...
...emotional level is well-sustained throughout this act by stunning performances by Giering in "In Buddy's Eyes" and by Schaeffer in "The Road You Didn't Take". But the lighter "Agony II" is a welcome break--it allows the audience a needed breather between powerful ballads. It is a funny male duet about fairy-tale romantic difficulties or the lack thereof. As one of the men notes, Snow White always had six other dwarves to choose from...
Clampitt is a great one for setting out on journeys. Her point of departure is usually Manhattan, for which she has scarcely a good word. "A glittering shambles/ of enthrallments and futilities," goes one complaint; "a warren of untruth, a propped/ vacuity." Some of her lighter excursions are to Maine, the inspiration of some lovely, limpid nature writing -- about picking blueberries "the color/ of distances, of drowning," or a day of "bone-white splendor,/ a slow surf filleting the blue...