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...complaints when interviews are 'all the way up in Hilles,'" less than a mile north of campus," Wright-Swadel says...
...past three months, Steve Becker, 45, an executive for an instant-messaging company, has been alternating between his bike and his Xootr for the eight-mile commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan. "It takes me an extra hour by scooter," says Becker, "but it's a great workout, it's fun, and it's a lot easier to ride through Midtown. Plus, people look at me and say, That man is having fun! I remember fun." But will they remember the scooter next Christmas...
...Twelve miles later, I prevailed. A 12-mile walk affords a short, slow man plenty of time to think. During my hours of contemplation, I decided that the cause of my "concussion" was the abrupt shift from time spent almost entirely in the long view (lakes, ocean, mountains, cliffs, fields and bogs) to time spent almost entirely in the short view (e-mail, web, newspapers, magazines, television and videos). Only the middle ground of city streets could carry me safely from one extreme perspective to the other...
...individual combat weapon"--is the 20-mm air-burst round fired by its top barrel. A built-in laser range finder tells the round where in flight to explode, giving it the ability to spray lethal shrapnel in all directions, like a hand grenade, as much as half a mile from the shooter. That translates into a gun that can kill enemy soldiers hidden behind walls or in foxholes...
Despite GM's amazing record, we can be quite confident that the company will not lead the FORTUNE 500 we publish next April. Barring calamity or another jump in oil prices, the new champ will be Wal-Mart, already the world's largest retailer by a mile. Like some cyborg athlete, Wal-Mart moves at a pace that would kill most of its competitors and somehow keeps it up while growing bulkier...