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...Asia?most seem to have generosity in their genes. Boys scamper up palm trees to collect coconuts and offer them gratis to parched visitors traveling along the trail. Then again, it may be a clever sales ploy: once stopped it's not long before you're offered a liter bottle of fermented palm wine for a dollar, with a kick to match that of the sturdy Timorese ponies that transport old men to market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Land That Time Forgot | 8/11/2002 | See Source »

...vacationer-packed freeways and roads and promised 1,200 new full-time patrols over the next five years. De Robien is also considering testing such innovative measures as putting "black boxes" in cars to record speed and maneuvering, and lowering legal blood-alcohol limits from .5 grams per liter to zero. After a September summit between government officials, automotive organizations and safety advocates, De Robien is expected to introduce new legislation by year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Deadliest Roads In Europe | 8/11/2002 | See Source »

...Framingham study, which has tracked the development of heart disease among residents of Framingham, Mass., for more than 50 years, researchers in the 1970s started measuring the homocysteine levels of men and women who had not yet developed dementia. Those patients whose homocysteine levels measured over 14 micromoles a liter while they were still healthy were twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Praise of Folic Acid | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...Samir K. “40” Shankar ’03 was nearly humiliated Friday night when blockmate Gary A. Mohammed ’03 covertly filled his Grey Goose bottle with Gilbert’s vodka, which is distilled in Somerville and retails for $7 a liter. The scheme went awry when Mohammed drank the entire bottle in an effort to impress Tabitha G. Filney ’02. Though Filney is usually eager to welcome near-strangers who show up at her Mather tower door bearing signs of chronic alcohol abuse, she turned Mohammed away...

Author: By Gossip Guy, | Title: Gossip Guy! | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

...General Motors touts the CTS as a BMW fighter, and for once, they may be able to sustain the claim. Its 3.2 liter V6 engine is tied to one of the smoothest, tightest automatic 5 speed transmissions around (secret: it's the same transmission offered on the Bimmer 5-series) and the suspension is tuned like a cherished Stradivarius. This baby hums. Best of all: the CTS starts at a mere $29,990 - nicely competitive with its top competitors, the Lexus ES300, the Audi A4 and the BMW 3-series. And the only reason a cop would saunter over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caddy Shock: Bold New Cars Hit the Road | 1/17/2002 | See Source »

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