Word: vacuums
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...concern may be the fate of Arafat's Palestinian Authority, which looks set to collapse. Israeli blockades have dramatically impacted on the PA's income, and its political legitimacy is already deeply corroded by rampant cronyism and corruption. But allowing the PA to collapse will create a dangerous power vacuum in the West Bank and Gaza, which many fear will ultimately be filled by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other militants. And that may present Israel with a problem even greater than its frustrations with Arafat. Mindful of that scenario, U.S. secretary of state Colin Powell gently urged the Israelis, during...
DRAFTING Drivers race in single file "trains." The first car creates a vacuum and pulls the others along. Traveling up to 200 m.p.h., cars may be inches apart. The closer they are, the faster they...
...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...
...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...
...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...