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...That raspy drawl, the salt-and-pepper hair, a doughnut-stuffed belly hanging over his belt. Others in Primary Colors tried to steer clear of real-life inspiration; John Travolta became a Bill Clinton clone. It took weeks to master the familiar vocal cadence and body language, but the feel-your-pain sincerity came easier. 'The scary thing about this part is, take away the Southern accent and gray hair, and I don't respond that differently to people,' he says ... 'I'm good at schmoozing and being very caring and tolerant, which is just what Clinton does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...steer this thing?" passengers might wonder as they step into the cartoon-like vehicle. It's a golf cart-sized car with seats and a dashboard that accelerates, turns and stops, but it has no steering wheel?and no driver. The CyberCar uses the latest in computer technology to dispense with human navigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Ma, No Hands | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...Segway scooter, add a second pair of wheels and a banana seat, and you've got the Centaur, a concept vehicle that can take on any terrain--rocks, grass, sand, you name it. Like the original Human Transporter, the Centaur uses dynamic-stabilization technology (you shift your weight to steer) but adds a thumb throttle for extra oomph. Steering sensors and a computer conspire to make sure you don't topple over when you pop a wheelie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions 2004: Zoom Zoom | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

...steer this thing?" passengers might wonder as they step into the cartoon-like vehicle. It's a golf cart?sized car with seats and a dashboard that accelerates, turns and stops, but it has no steering wheel - and no driver. The CyberCar uses the latest in computer technology to dispense with human navigation. Unlike the automated cars currently ferrying passengers through airports and industrial areas in Amsterdam and Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Ma, No Hands | 11/25/2004 | See Source »

...just as the bush mechanics got their red truck home, so too have the Pintupi managed to steer their own solution to kidney disease. Why dislocate family and culture by uprooting to Alice Springs, the late pastor and Pintupi elder Smithy Zimran asked his friend Peter Toyne, when a dialysis machine could be brought to Kintore? "It's a really simple thing to say," said Toyne at the opening. "It's been a very big battle to make it come true." While a dialysis machine can cost as little as $A40,000 - roughly the price of an off-road vehicle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting for Their Lives | 11/23/2004 | See Source »

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