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...dollars into low-rent Atlantic City--known for day-tripping seniors, nickel slots and giveaway buffets--in an attempt to reinvent the resort town as a Las Vegas--style destination packed with shows, shops and celebrity chefs. The folks in Jersey see no reason why Vegas should have a lock on garish spectacle and conspicuous spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vegas East | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...Congress must do more to reduce interest rates and expand benefits for students and families in order to make college more affordable for all Americans,” Kennedy said. “In the meantime, I urge students to lock in today’s lower rates by consolidating their student loans before July...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Interest Rates Rise on Student Loans | 6/30/2006 | See Source »

...long and 110 ft. wide, the locks were built to handle the largest ships then planned. Even though many modern ships are too big (the Titanic would have fit; today's Queen Mary 2 doesn't), the canal handled more than 14,000 transits in 2005, accounting for about 5% of world trade. How a lock works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Shrink The World | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

...Ship enters first lock from ocean --Culvert --Lock 1 --Lock 2 --Miraflores Lake ?Water from Miraflores Lake enters first lock through culvert system, elevating ship to level of second lock ?Ship pulls into second lock; gates close behind it ?Water from MirafloresLake enters second lock, elevating ship to lake level ?Ship moves into Miraflores Lake, proceeds through canal to next locks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Shrink The World | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

...SCALE OF THE WORK The lock-and-lake plan made much of the French digging superfluous. Still, U.S. excavations accounted for 75% of the total removed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Shrink The World | 6/25/2006 | See Source »

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