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What's certainly missing is the service's piece de resistance, the bullet train modeled on France's futuristic TGV (train a grande vitesse). Now scheduled to launch in July, the Amtrak bullet has been delayed as builders attempt to adapt European tilting technology to America's rough freight tracks. Meanwhile, Amtrak is introducing other improvements to its Northeastern service under the Acela logo--primarily a reduction of the Boston-New York trip from five hours to just under four, using newly electrified tracks. The bullet train, a.k.a. the Acela Express, will reach speeds of up to 150 m.p.h., cutting...
...work of our company in your story "Make Way for Frankenfish!" While the article was balanced, the headline was inflammatory. The word Frankenfood and its derivatives were coined by those avowedly opposed to any application of the new technology to food products. The use of prejudicial words is an attempt to instill fear rather than promote reasoned discussion. Gene modification has the potential to be one of the most important and beneficial tools to increase the quantity and nutritional value of food. In the case of A/F Protein's AquAdvantage fish, which reaches adult size in half the time otherwise...
Although recent developments across the Taiwan Strait are merely a continuation of the strained relationship between the communist People's Republic and the Republic of China on Taiwan, they have alarmed the international community. Mainland communist leaders have employed intimidation tactics in a desperate and failed attempt to influence the presidential election on the democratic island...
City Councillor Jim Braude led the joint public hearing of the City Council's Housing Committee and Neighborhood and Longterm Planning Committee in an attempt to inform Cambridge residents of the conversion...
...pediatrician. I expected this doctor from the old city hospital to advocate passionately for children's health as a singularly critical issue. Instead, he challenged volunteers and other pediatricians to redefine the child-versus-adult dichotomy that I, and I think many others, unconsciously form when we attempt to decide which individuals are deserving of our time and money...