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...FRANKFURT AUTO SHOW LAST fall, BMW unveiled its vision of the future of driving. Called the E1, it is a four-seat car with a top speed of 120 km/h (75 m.p.h.) and a range of up to 250 km (155 miles). Not so swift, you say? But this car is a clean machine: it gives off no pollution that could foul the air in any way. The E1 runs on an electric motor powered by high-energy sodium-sulfur batteries. Although it takes electricity to charge the batteries, the power plants can be far from smoggy cities...
...swift final race certified Bill Koch's America 3 as the America's Cup defender, with veteran Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes well astern and out of the competition, seven races to four. This Saturday the Americans will face Il Moro, the Italian entry, skippered by canny Paul Cayard, which won the challenger's match over New Zealand...
...theory of deconstructionism has its vogue among feminists because it enables them to call Abraham Lincoln a racist, William Shakespeare a sexist, Jonathan Swift a homophobe and so on. But when their turn comes to be deconstructed," they who have been so free with names discover an aversion to name-calling...
BOOKS A dead man unravels his tale in Graham Swift's latest novel...
...Well, a lot of people were offended by your swift turnaround on the tax issue. You opposed it when you ran for Governor...