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...began publishing here 60 years ago, it's striking how many of the biggest shifts have taken place on levels that have nothing to do with physical or political geography. Events inside Europe's borders - the decline of communism, the huge increase in the Muslim population, the boom in low-cost air travel - have contributed at least as much to Europe's self-definition as have, for example, the shifting lines on a map that mark the expansion of the European Union. The frontiers that seem most important at one time shrink into insignificance at another. The demarcation between Western...
...total of at least 5 million orders. For the first year or so, however, the $100 laptop will probably cost $140. Negroponte has his skeptics (including Bill Gates) but is undismayed. "The cynics can be as cynica as they want," he says. "If this makes the industry address low-power, low-cost laptops that can be used in very remote places, that's perfect." And has big brother John opened any doors? "Nepotism does help," he says, chuckling, and adds that he has met with the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. "But we're trying...
...Once the commercial guys like Branson or UP Aerospace perfect a reliable, low-cost spacecraft, the space frontier becomes officially open for business to pursue what until recently seemed impossible: Snag an asteroid into low-earth orbit to mine its minerals. Launch solar satellites to beam down all the cheap power we can use. Build space hotels for family tourism. "Whether it means flying a rocket to an inflatable hotel in low-earth orbit, these are far-fetched, fantasy things that are out there but suddenly become a little more real when you have private entrepreneurs trying to figure...
...year-old retired Moroccan Bell Telephone factory worker who has lived in Belgium since 1964 and bought a Rabat holiday home in 2002. Meanwhile, under an open-skies accord between the European Union and Morocco, current frequent daily flights between Europe and Moroccan cities will expand as low-cost carriers open routes. "I can get from Paris or London to Marrakech flying faster than I can get from London to Paris by train," Loum-Martin notes. Even some enthusiasts worry, however, that the kingdom's success in luring residents from Europe may produce some friction. For example, Marcelle...
Americans stopped investing exclusively in real estate and got back to the serious business of technological innovation. Congress passed a low-cost, universal health-care system and a new federal sales tax, which allowed a drastic reduction in income tax without the huge deficits that had plagued the Bush years...