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...Messiah metaphors that helped make the first Terminator a superior entertainment are now just the givens: boy and girl in peril, with one protector and one implacable pursuer. At its metallic heart, T3 is another chase movie--one figure relentlessly tracking three others, mostly in cars, at high speed through implausibly underpopulated Los Angeles streets...
...national railroad company SNCF lugged 28 engines and carriages onto the Champs Elysées for an exhibition that promised to "put the whole of Paris under the spell of rail." The exhibits ranged from a replica of an 1829 steam locomotive to the latest version of the high-speed tgv. There were even models of the very commuter trains hardest hit by the strike, so the crowds at the show could at least admire the handsome trains they couldn't take to work. No matter. "Even in the strikes, people are happy to go to this exhibition," said...
...throw punches in Boxing Chump or bang on the drums in Beat Freak. And then there's Wishi Washi, where you clean virtual windows and score points for washing speed and thoroughness. (An unlikely premise, but then no one expected the Sims to be a hit either.) The whole package retails around €60. Eventually, Sony plans to merge the technology with other PS2 franchises, like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. In the meantime, that nasty karate master is coming straight at me: a kick to the groin should do the trick. A Foggy Idea It's guaranteed...
...comparable agreement on opening the market for passengers to competition. Technology is also starting to make a difference. After years of planning and billions of euros of investment - E.U. governments paid out €40 billion in subsidies to their railroads in 2001 alone - a new network of high-speed train lines is finally taking shape in Western Europe. France has been the most aggressive to date: its tgv currently accounts for more than half of Europe's high-speed total. But Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands are also busy assembling a comprehensive high-speed network that will...
...have to move urgently. We have to move with great speed and deliberateness." COLIN POWELL, Secretary of State, at a news conference in Jericho, urging Israel and the Palestinians to work toward peace in the Middle East after mounting violence...