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...this particular December evening, Wilkinson is astounded by what he sees - something of a finals crunch among his famo-seekers. Having failed at "legitimate fame," he says, many students are desperate for anything to generate traffic and get a last-minute bump to influence their grades. One popular tactic: posting short videos of scantily-clad women, all bearing suggestive titles...
...health: The average American walks as little as four minutes a day, in part because little is within walking distance. That sedentariness has contributed to the rise in obesity over recent decades. Next is the theft of time: More driving means more hours in the car, especially with traffic worsening. The population of extreme commuters - those who travel 90 minutes or more each way - has hit 3.5 million, double the number in 1990. But the worst effects - the ones that affect us all - are environmental. As long as the car is central to the American lifestyle...
...White House in 1994 - regular, workaday fires like the one that happened this morning in Vice President Dick Cheney's ceremonial suite at the Old Executive Office are not actually all that common on the White House grounds. Given the 27 wood-burning fireplaces, high volume of bureaucratic traffic and constant maintenance and refurbishing, it is not too bad a record...
...Bangkok's military-dominated Dusit district. During the late 1990s, he and Thaksin served as cabinet ministers in the scandal-plagued government of Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa. Samak and Thaksin were publicly admonished by the King for arguing with each other rather than solving the capital's notorious traffic problems. Nonetheless, in 2000, Samak was elected Bangkok governor, winning in a landslide. Though his term lacked notable accomplishments - and he's under investigation for alleged corruption in the procurement of fire trucks - Bangkok voters sent him to the Senate in April...
...Traffic has come to a halt on a tight slip road in the congested Lajpat Nagar area in the southern part of India's capital, but drivers are resignedly restraining their impatience. That's because the obstacle holding up the traffic is a wedding procession, and to protest would be rude. At the head of the procession, the groom, dressed in glittering brocade and sporting a ceremonial sword, nervously tries to mount a white mare. He succeeds on the third attempt, much to his own relief and to cheers from his entourage. A band begins to play Bollywood hits...