Word: smarts
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...Four years ago, movie companies and Wall Street banks embarked on a promising romance. Before then, the smart money on Wall Street had stayed away from Hollywood. And not without good reason - starting with William Randolph Hearst in the silent era, plenty of wealthy investors with stars in their eyes had lost big money in the high-risk business of financing single films. But in 2004 banks like Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs found themselves with a glut of capital and no place to put it. Studios, meanwhile, were looking for a way to please their fiscally conservative corporate...
...Tyra: Smart wannabe models—I like those...
Susan: My name is Susan. Tyra: So you are (dramatic pause) in the league of the Ivies. Susan: I am indeed. I just graduated from Harvard. Tyra: Smart wannabe models—I like those. Susan (voice over): I think that being Harvard—or Ivy League—educated has given me more to prove as a model. Tyra: What was your major? Susan: English and American Literature and Language. Tyra: Who was your favorite English literature heroine? Susan: (Pauses and places with hands on hips). I didn’t pay that much attention in those classes...
...battery costs 2 cents-per-mile after midnight, and many times that during the day, drivers will likely wait before plugging in. (If that pricing model sounds familiar, it should be - it's how long distance calling works.) But to make that system work, utilities will need to install smart meters in customers' homes capable of monitoring when cars are charging, and then to price the juice accordingly; smart meters are already being tested out by utilities in California and Texas. These changes would also help utilities even out the peaks and valleys that come with providing power. "The hope...
...over 400 million vehicles by then, we may still end up using more oil in the future than we do today in a business as usual scenario. That's all the more reason for the government to get ahead of the curve and begin piecing together the electric infrastructure - smart meters, public charging points, more renewable power - that will speed the adoption of plug-ins. "A car affects the world more than anything else a buyer will purchase in his or her lifetime," says Felix Kramer, founder of the California Cars Initiative, a plug-in advocacy group in Palo Alto...