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...billion-dollar plants without understanding the vagaries of the free market, and upstart energy providers are still trying to figure out which markets are worth the hefty investments required. At the same time, the industry is plagued by an antiquated, balkanized transmission grid that wasn't built to wheel power from one region to another. "America is a superpower, but it's got the grid of a Third World nation," Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has warned. "If we don't work together and fix the problem, we'll all end up sitting in the dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power's Surge | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...long hours driving could be lowering their sperm count. Fertility experts in Toulouse, France, recently found that the temperature of the scrotum, which is normally 94[degrees]F when a man is standing, can nearly match his body temperature of 98.6[degrees]F after just two hours behind the wheel. Sperm die after a few days at normal body temperature. To blame are the warm interiors of most cars and the way most men press their thighs together when driving. Men can try to cool themselves with air-circulating beaded car seats, air conditioning and nonrestrictive clothing, such as boxer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Jul. 10, 2000 | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...sign up (and pay the $100 it cost). At around 7:30 p.m. we set out in the back of a rickety pickup truck for a 45-minute drive to the top of a 6,500-foot mountain on a dirt road exactly the width of the truck's wheel-base. As the non-English speaking driver shifted into lower and lower gear in an attempt to climb the mountain and I looked over the side of the truck and out over the cliff, I felt like I was going to throw up. At this point, Sugar...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Courage to Fly | 7/7/2000 | See Source »

Responding to this captivating and sweet-natured gem with such venom is like breaking a butterfly on a wheel. Even more disturbing is the unduly harsh attack on Branagh. In a time when filmmakers rely increasingly on technological tricks, Branagh tells a story with clarity and poetic imagery. Love's Labour's Lost, his riskiest venture yet, floats like a feather on a summer breeze. VIRGINIA WILHELM New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

...only feature I really enjoyed on WebTV was the interactive programming, which lets you do things like play Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune onscreen during the show. You can also enter live polls on Judge Judy and get real-time stats for players as you watch ball games on NBC. AOLTV promises similar interactivity but won't have much at launch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: La-Z-Boy Surfing | 6/26/2000 | See Source »

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