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...than any other major industrialized country. The result: in Cardiff some patients wait six years for hip operations; in Cumbria it takes two years to see a psychologist. On transport, problems are obvious to any Eurostar passenger as soon as the 185-m.p.h. train from Paris to the Channel Tunnel stutters the rest of the way to London. The train network's managers have just announced a need for an additional $4 billion to repair cracked rails brought to light by a fatal crash last year. Highways are in worse shape than at any time since 1977. One adult...
...into a car trunk and a fourth behind a dashboard, then drive through the customs checkpoint, hoping nobody suspects anything. In Calexico aliens float down a stream choked with toxic chemicals and sewage, betting the border patrol won't jump in to pull them out. In nearby Nogales smugglers tunnel 6 ft. under the border and funnel people through...
...that end, visitors arrive through the old building and then enter Libeskind's extension via a tunnel. This leads to the exhibit, entitled "2,000 Years of German-Jewish History," which includes thousands of objects depicting Jewish family and cultural life through the ages in Berlin. One area of the museum, however, remains completely empty to symbolize all that has been lost and destroyed: the Void, a concrete corridor that runs through the entire structure. "It is meant to show that even at the height of culture in Berlin, Jews and others were not accepted as full citizens," Libeskind explains...
...have I.T. install the new Microsoft Office suite. It's a chip implanted behind my right ear. I can think through proposals and e-mails without ever having to type. (I'm not even sure I remember how to type. Schools stopped teaching it years ago after the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Association filed a class-action lawsuit...
When a slowdown in the economy looms, the instinctive reaction of far too many people is fear. Managers fear that expenses are too high and cut costs and jobs. Employees fear the ax. The result is tunnel vision: What matters is my job, my department. Kicking into survivor mode makes it tough for employees to think about the big picture...