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...lights won't wink out without a fight. Homeowners view brightly lighted streets as a crime deterrent and tend to feel more secure when their property shines like a Hollywood stage set. And business owners who pump a lot of money into outdoor signage insist that increased wattage is frequently all that sets them apart from the competition...
Late Monday night, vans carrying Massachusetts college students--most Bush supporters--began the hour-and-a-half trip to the Manchester airport. The Texas governor's staff rented an entire plane hangar and stocked it with sodas and pizza. To pump up the crowd, Jock Jams thumped in the background...
LIFE AT THE PUMP There's new hope for patients whose colon cancer has spread to the liver. Survival rates improve dramatically when cancer-fighting drugs are delivered directly to the liver through a pump implanted in the belly after the malignancy is surgically removed. In a study, 85% of patients who received chemotherapy via the pump along with standard chemo were still alive after two years, compared with 72% on standard chemo alone...
...ourselves. We'll take them to the next town. Another man, Esteban, about 19, gets in the back seat, as does Marisa, 24, petite, in silk blouse and black jeans. They hold the gas container on their laps. It's 15 minutes to tiny-town Roda and its one-pump gas station...
...larger environmental gains. "Even though emissions standards for cars have been pretty tough, we were seeing ever-increasing pollution because more people are driving trucks and SUVs," says TIME environment editor Charles Alexander. While the new gas and emissions requirements will cost consumers a little bit more at the pump (estimates vary between 2 and 6 cents a gallon) and at the car dealerships (about $200 for the extra equipment), the bulk of the outlay will be borne by oil refiners and automakers. "The car makers were actually reasonably happy with this deal," says Alexander. "They can share the burden...