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...nearly was anyway, but when he arrived at the Capitol he was treated to America's upside-down version of that ritual, in which members of Congress interrupt only to show how much they fancy you - they did so 31 times in his 35-min. speech. Blair's arrival was greeted with such whistles and applause his opening line could have been: "My fellow Americans...
...Mendes, the female lead (supporting Paul Walker and Tyrese) in 2 Fast 2 Furious, is one such ornament: her character is the trophy at the end of a 100-min. car race. "I have no problem being an accessory," says Mendes, 25, "as long as I'm not just an accessory. Unfortunately, it's part of being a woman. In the Louvre or on a movie screen, we're looked at as objects of beauty. We need to have more going...
Looking for another way to keep the kids from driving you nuts on those long summer road trips? Hasbro's new VideoNow might occupy them for a while. The $50 portable gadget plays 30-min. videodiscs ($7.99 each) with excerpts from popular shows like American Idol, SpongeBob SquarePants and Jimmy Neutron. It runs on a pair of AA batteries that should last for seven hours. And if the videos get too noisy, the kids can plug in a pair of earphones. It's a nice idea, but the tiny black-and-white screen is a disappointment...
...rail and other transport links throughout Europe. Can either approach work? The French experience with high-speed trains suggests that they can win back passengers. Last year, shortly after SNCF opened its €4 billion high-speed route between Paris and Marseilles, cutting travel time from 4 hr. 20 min. to just 3 hr., traffic jumped by 67% to 18 million passengers. SNCF officials say at least 75% of TGV seats are occupied on average...
Campus Crusade has since boiled the movie down to an 83-min. video that has been sent, unsolicited, to millions of U.S. households. But the original, now in CD and DVD formats, continues to be deployed abroad. The film's distributors proudly illustrate its power by recounting on its website an incident that occurred in 2000 when 400,000 copies were being distributed at 14 Mediterranean ports to Muslim guest workers on their way home. "I will not take it," a man reportedly exclaimed. "It is making too many people Christian!" --By David Van Biema