Word: offtrack
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Formula One is all about twists and turns on the track. But now it's the offtrack maneuvers that are revving up drama. Talks in London among the teams and authorities in motor sport's blue-ribbon championship ended without agreement Friday, failing to settle an ugly row over plans by the FIA, Formula One's governing body, to impose a voluntary $60 million budget cap on teams next year. Those who accept it will then have greater technical freedom to upgrade their cars beyond the current tight bounds...
...fishnets and deal out bruising blows. "You can be completely feminine and athletic, threatening and sexy," says a skater of the sport's appeal. Gorgeously shot and structured like a drama, each episode delves into the lives of skaters, some fighting off demons, others blowing off steam. As their offtrack dramas climax on a sweaty track in an old airplane hangar, their cheesy competition becomes transcendent, just as good, cheesy...
...solution, Wong has proposed taxing the club's gross profit instead of its revenue, which would allow him to increase the payout on winning tickets and lure back punters who are patronizing illegal offtrack shops. As proof, Wong points to the United Kingdom, which made a similar change three years ago and saw annual betting income surge 82%. Indeed, there are echoes of the Laffer curve in Wong's proposal: allowing individuals to keep more of their winnings may actually maximize overall revenues. "I'll bet more if there's more money to win," says...
...triggers a flashing light as a vehicle approaches. For lane drifters (you know who you are), Infiniti is debuting a lane-departure warning system in its 2005 FX SUVs and 2006 M sedans. A camera on the rearview mirror recognizes lane markers and triggers an alert when you get offtrack...
Foreign policy is on no one's radar scope yet, except Richard Lugar's. Usually when matters abroad are discussed, Lugar's expertise commands bipartisan respect. But now that he's after the big prize, even Lugar has veered offtrack. When Saddam Hussein recently jailed two Americans for straying into Iraq-an action requiring deft diplomacy-Lugar waxed on about sending the Marines to rescue them...