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...from the market. "It was too frugal," says Hartmut Hoffmann, a product spokesman for VW. "Customer interest faded." Other manufacturers have flirted with ultralight models, but few have dared bring them to market. In 1997, Ford announced plans for what it called the P2000, which promised to be 40% lighter than conventional family sedans. And in 2002, Opel, the European subsidiary of General Motors, unveiled the Eco-Speedster, a sleek, low-riding sports car that gets 2.5 L of fuel to 100 km. But none of the manufacturers ever intended to offer their ultralight cars for sale. "The real problem...
...believed to have enough plutonium for six to eight nuclear weapons, but the recent failures show he still lacks a rocket capable of reaching the U.S. for now Worst case Experts fear that North Korea is trying to modify a Taepo Dong-2 missile to carry a lighter warhead as far as the mainland U.S., but that capability is thought to be years away The missile that crashed in two minutes is believed to be a three-stage rocket, though its exact configuration remains unclear. North Korea has several variations with longer potential ranges [This article contains a table...
...Those major improvements would have been enough for me, but the c550 has additional functions that make it roadworthier still. Its lighter-jack power cable doubles as an antenna which receives traffic updates that the mapping software can use to plan routes. The information itself is provided by Clear Channel and you can check if your hometown is covered at realtimetraffic.net. While I haven't yet found it to be very useful, I believe that it's a good thing to have on hand as Clear Channel's reporting system evolves...
...halfway between winning the lottery and discovering your fairy godmother: "Every woman watching, this is going to change your life?Everyone's talking about it. And I'm revealing a beauty secret that literally performs miracles. It can reverse aging. It can make you look 10, even 20 pounds lighter." The literal miracles seem slight compared to this. Says Oprah, according to the show's transcript, "I'm so excited. Whoo, whoo. Whoo, whoo. Whoo!" Well, breasts are an erogenous zone, after...
...work hard, having the school on your résumé doesn't raise the same worries it did 20 years ago. "No one has to live it down," says Viney. "Employers are pretty neutral." The "Eton burden," if there truly ever was one, appears to be getting lighter. Cameron is the first Old Etonian to lead a major British political party for 40 years; those seeking other role models in public life can look to the Old Etonians who have run Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. All in all, it's a good time for Eton...