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...travel the 250 miles from Paris to Lyon on the high-speed TGV in two hours. Covering a similar distance from Philadelphia to Boston takes some five hours, and that's on an Amtrak Acela train, the closest thing the U.S. has to high-speed rail. "Every other major industrialized nation has recognized that high-speed rail is key to economic growth and mobility," says Petra Todorovich, director of the America 2050 program at the Regional Planning Association. "It's time for America to realize that as well." (See the most important cars of all time...
Demographically, Florida is an ideal state in which to launch the rail projects. Together, the metro areas of Tampa and Orlando are a major economic unit, home to more than 3.4 million people and close enough on the map to make high-speed rail competitive with air and auto travel. The region is also a tourist hub, which makes it likely that a Tampa-Orlando rail line will be well-used by Americans from around the country. That makes it a smart advertisement for other high-speed-rail projects back in their home regions. (Read "A Brief History of High...
...Major League teams are spending more in the Dominican Republic and other Latin American countries, Gammons mused over the possibility of Cuban players in the Majors should U.S.-Cuba relations improve...
...this fall, Harvard’s freshmen orientation week, the Institute of Politics debate over healthcare turned into a lot of mudslinging and grandiose accusations over death panels and government-run healthcare. It’s a shame that we choose to focus on these side issues when a major part of the problem is the fact that 28 percent of people in the 18-24 age group are uninsured, the highest of any group. There needs to be a voice telling students that the current healthcare bill in Congress will have a direct effect on our lives from...
...teams are centered around their stars, guard Jeremy Lin for Harvard and forward Ryan Wittman for Cornell. Last season, Lin was the only player in the country to finish in the top 10 of his conference in every major statistical category. This year, the Wooden and Cousy award finalist is fourth in the Ivy in points per game (17.1), second in assists per game (4.8), and fourth in blocks per game (1.3). He also ranks fifth in the country in steals per game...