Word: slimmer
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That's exactly what he wants to do. But Burden isn't an autocrat. His preternatural calm--he was a National Geographic photographer before founding Walkable in 1996--sets people at ease. He knows that slimmer roads are "leaner, safer and more efficient," and that they take some of the stress off drivers too. "We tend not to like open, scary places, and we try to get through them quicker. Somehow the canopy effect of tree-lined streets slows traffic." Burden can't eliminate road rage. But for some drivers, riders and pedestrians across the country, he can create road...
...just a gigolo when it comes to gadget love. I get all excited about cool devices, then dump them in a flash for younger, slimmer, faster models. But I've never fallen so hard as I did last month when I bought a Sony TiVo, the tapeless video machine that stores up to 30 hours' worth of TV on its internal hard drive. TiVo delighted me with its ease of use and uncanny intelligence (smart enough to recommend shows it knows I'll like). I was sure I'd found a lasting relationship. So when a friend mentioned that Microsoft...
...wonderland of fattening food, and placed no limits on the rats' consumption - but remember, she was trying to recreate the temptations we humans face every single day. Even given equal access to the unhealthy fare, the rats who were doomed to really expand were far more likely than their slimmer peers to gorge themselves on the fattening foods...
...current federal estate taxes. The cost: a cool $105 billion. Repealing the so-called "death tax" has been a critical issue for congressional GOP members, and they insist the expense of this cut would be covered by the polymorphous and always controversial budget "surplus." The Democrats' plan, with a slimmer $22 billion price tag, was geared toward providing "targeted" estate tax relief for family farmers and small business owners. And where would the extra $88 billion provided for in the GOP plan end up? In the bank vaults of America's wealthiest families. In other words, says Branegan, everyone involved...
...maybe it's not for everybody, the hillbilly nation. In the nearby town of Pickens, the chance of getting picked off in someone's shooting fantasy were slimmer, but Bush support was no less rabid. On Main Street, barber Don Gravely, who liked McCain, was putting whitewalls on 20-year-old Kevin Gilstrap's head when I asked Gilstrap his preference. "Bush." And why? "Well, I'm not real sure. He used to be a Major League baseball owner, and I'm a pretty big baseball fan." Bret Turner, 30, climbed into the chair next and said Bush...