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...stand against a rising tide of merde. A massive 16 tons of what sanitation officials call dejection canine is squeezed out on Paris' 2,400 km of sidewalks each day, around 12 tons of which is removed-either whisked away by broom-toting street sweepers, or sucked up by vacuum-equipped motorcycles driven by men no dog owner would dare look in the eye. The tab for cleaning up after dogs comes to $10 million annually, or $50 for each of Paris' 200,000 hounds. Ad campaigns urging owners to pick up after Fido have produced only Gallic shrugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saving Paris from the Dogs | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...bumper. Greenspan's rate cut in August 1998 probably saved the world from financial meltdown. Taylor's rules would have precluded the move. It's seductive to think we could build a Greenspan box, a computer to out-Alan Alan. But monetary policy can't be made in a vacuum. And as much as Taylor's acolytes might hope, it can't be made in a box either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Greenspan: The Taylor Rule? | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...these robots perform any useful work? Yes, but for a price. You can buy robotic vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers for $700 to $2,000, and by December, Procter & Gamble expects to be marketing automated floor cleaners to consumers under the Convenience Companions label...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How 'Bout Them Bots? | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

Travis F. Batty '02, the CRC's treasurer, said the group's mission is to fill a student-led mediation vacuum on the Harvard campus...

Author: By Arianne R. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Offer Conflict Resolution Service | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

...Some race fans may be turned away by the tragedy; other, new ones may be drawn to the sport by this proof that it is not trivial. Certainly NASCAR faces a huge charisma vacuum, and it will never forget the Daytona 500 of February 18, 2001, a milestone of many kinds. Mourning passes into remembrance, and the race will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dale Earnhardt | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

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