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The World Trade Center attack created a lot of interest in ways to get people out of skyscrapers in a hurry. Here's a novel solution: the AMES-1, an evacuation system that looks like an amusement-park water slide. A Kevlar rescue chute is installed in the outer wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping It Safe | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

That may be true, but it's mostly a negotiating ploy and not necessarily a reason for you to hold back on satellite. As long as you live in or near a city, it's more likely than not that you can already pick up local channels via satellite. DISH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Dish or Not to Dish | 10/28/2002 | See Source »

That may be true, but it's mostly a negotiating ploy and not necessarily a reason for you to hold back on satellite. As long as you live in or near a city, it's more likely than not that you can already pick up local channels via satellite. DISH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Satellite TV Right for You? | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

Is patriotism what we think about when we see pictures of victims jumping out of the burning skyscrapers? Does the video of the collapsing towers make us think of patriotism? What about the rubble at Ground Zero, or the smoky wall of the Pentagon? These are horrible images, and the...

Author: By Jonathan P. Abel, | Title: Patriot Day: The Terrible Misnomer | 9/11/2002 | See Source »

Before we avoid skyscrapers in case they are hit by hijacked airplanes, we should consider other risks and what we are doing to avoid them. About 4,000 people die by accidental drowning every year. That's more than died on 9/11. Rationality cannot tell us precisely what it's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Live a Rational Life | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

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