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...episode 607 of South Park, Butters, in his guise as Professor Chaos, dreams up a host of insidious schemes-blocking out the sun, decapitating a South Park statue, selling the town a monorail-only to be told that these had already been spun out on a certain animated TV series. "How come every time I think of something clever," Butters asks, "The Simpsons already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Simpsons, Bigger and Better | 7/26/2007 | See Source »

...Cannon Sesamoid Pastern 2 To keep him from thrashing about and reinjuring himself when the anesthetic wore off, Barbaro was lowered into a pool of water for about an hour Raft keeps horse dry 3 Once he was fully awake, Barbaro was hoisted from the pool and taken by monorail to a recovery area. He'll be confined to his stall for several months Sources: Corinne Sweeney, DVM, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals; Atlas of Topographical Anatomy of the Domestic Animals, Vol. 1 ; Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo; Animal Painting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bred for Speed ... Built for Trouble | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

...handful of phenomena commonly observed in the Harvard Square area, traffic and snow chief among them. Still, I’m actually rather surprised that Quadlings, eager to spare themselves the ten-minute-long wait outdoors, haven’t proposed a complete overhaul of the system. A monorail, for instance, could surely shuttle Quad residents to and from the Yard area in speed and comfort. (Are you taking notes, President Haddock...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Nightmare on Garden St. | 12/16/2005 | See Source »

Even when the monorail does begin to snake its way through twelve stations in downtown Detroit, critics say, the system's dozen cars, each with a capacity of 100 passengers, will never carry enough riders to justify the expense. Official estimates for the number of daily riders (at 40¢ to 50¢ a trip) have dropped from 70,000 to 40,000, while Stanley, who heads the Urban Mass Transit Administration in Washington, foresees no more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horizontal Elevator to Nowhere | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...project's supporters, foremost among them Mayor Coleman Young, say that with hotels and apartment buildings springing up at prospective People Mover stops, the system has already encouraged as much as $345 million in private development. They trust that when the construction quandaries are finally resolved, Detroit's monorail will emulate the success of similar systems in Toronto and Vancouver. George Pastor, president of Urban Transportation Development Corp.-USA, the company that is building the People Mover, claims the train will pay its own way within three years of start-up. "These systems are cheaper in capital and operating costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horizontal Elevator to Nowhere | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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