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...across the U.S. As such, the pair have only to jump on the Internet or call a local number to reserve one of several vehicles parked in their neighborhood. They can choose between a Honda, a Lexus, a minivan for carting equipment or, for a jaunty weekend outing, a silver Mazda Miata. They can enter the car any time of night or day with a security-coded electronic card, get charged by the hour thanks to an in-car transmitter, and receive the bill at the end of the month. "We're ecstatic," says...
...leave it in your garage at home. Washington Metro officials have placed 107 Flexcars and Zipcars at 66 city and suburban stations. And downtown Seattle has 35 Flexcars so that members can scoot across town for lunch or a parent-teacher meeting. "Car sharing is not a silver bullet," says Ref Lindmark, a transportation planner for King County, Wash. "But it gives people another reason to ride the bus." And, he adds, it is a lot cheaper than building million-dollar parking lots and billion-dollar highways...
Marguerite Damata, a mother of two in Silver Spring, Md., wonders whether she is too involved in her 10-year-old son's school life. "Because he's not in the gifted and talented group, he's almost nowhere," she says. "If I stopped paying attention, where would he be?" Every week she spends two hours sitting in his math class, making sure she knows the assignments and the right vocabulary so that she can help him at home. And despite all she sees and all she does, she says, "I feel powerless there...
...Aviator, Martin Scorsese was making epics about men with brutal allure who win the big prize, then spiral into dementia. This 1980 film (available alone or in a four-film set of prime Scorsese features) still packs a wallop as maybe the finest of all boxing dramas. For its silver-anniversary edition, the director has added six fascinating mini-documentaries and three audio tracks with no fewer than 13 commentators (including the film's subject, Jake La Motta, now 83). But the movie stands on its own, undefeated. It's psychodrama with grand-opera intensity and a knockout punch...
Former hockey superstar Ray Bourque was on hand to congratulate the winning team and present them with a shiny silver trophy to commemorate the hard-earned victory. Eating over two pounds of food—not all of which stayed down—was a difficult feat, even for the massive men of the Harvard team, Dowell said...