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...study, researchers tested 36 volunteers in driving simulators that reflected traffic speeds and conditions on Interstate 15, a major thoroughfare through Salt Lake City. Participants were observed "driving" in medium- and high-density traffic, and were told to obey the 65 mph speed limit and use turn signals; some were allowed to talk on their hands-free phones. The study was designed so that traffic would periodically slow in one lane, while another lane opened up. Researchers found that cell-phone users switched to faster-moving lanes about 20% less frequently than other drivers. They were less adept at keeping...
...when brought up, in sports the broader societal externalities are often small. Sports may not be just a game, but it is not a matter of life and death either. Because of this, it serves as the ideal place to see how far society has come and where its major pitfalls still...
...Giuliani isn't positioned to compete for the job of taking Huckabee on - at least not in New Hampshire. Nor is the former New York mayor positioned to do well in the next major contest, in South Carolina. Giuliani's campaign strategy to wait, and wait...and wait until later this month and the G.O.P. primary in Florida, where thousands of transplanted New Yorkers will, at least in theory, rescue him from obscurity. Then, Giuliani's team believes, he can do well in the 20-state February 5 "Super Tuesday" extravaganza because no one will have the money to compete...
...there is no denying that Romney finds himself on the ropes heading into next Tuesday's New Hampshire primary. With an already surging John McCain coming off a respectable showing in Iowa and Huckabee illustrating the limits of big money and organizational prowess, the consultant-in-chief faces a major challenge to his business plan...
...people for five years, and those same voters will grade his result in future elections," explains political analyst Alain Duhamel. He notes municipal balloting in March will be the first electoral "grade" Sarkozy faces since his presidential victory. And that, he predicts, will doubtless be followed by a major cabinet shuffle no matter what the result. While the first series of evaluations will not have taken place by then, announcing the system now underlines what Duhamel calls Sarkozy's "culture of obtaining results...