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...meanwhile, was campaigning hard, privately dining with key players and repeatedly calling others for their votes. He reminded people of his far-from-liberal record as a Vermont Governor who received N.R.A. endorsements. Perhaps most important, he assured everyone he wouldn't run for President in 2008. --By Perry Bacon...
...year. They're also working on a more ambitious phone version of the service that would use global-positioning satellites to match riders with cars already on the road in their area. With NuRide, Americans might soon be able to hitch a ride from anywhere. --By Perry Bacon...
...entertainments and spectacles in a society of people in motion. That's the spirit of Peter Cook's Instant City in a Field Long Elevation from 1969, a deadpan fantasia of a city with all its diversions that could be lowered from the air by balloon. The philosopher Francis Bacon once wrote that "the monuments of wit survive the monuments of power." If that's true, then these whimsical flights of fancy will still be around long after some of the uglier skylines have crumbled. Let's hope...
...receive $1,343 a month when she retires at 65, but with indexing to inflation, that benefit would drop 18.2%, meaning she would get $1,099. Given the existing system's long-term funding challenges, of course, that kind of cut could happen anyway. -With reporting by Perry Bacon Jr./Washington
...left office in disgrace and spent six months in jail after being caught on video smoking crack, is back. The newly elected city councilman boycotted last week's Inaugural because the Federal Government made the city of Washington pay part of the security costs. Earlier, TIME's Perry Bacon Jr. spoke with Marion Barry about his improbable comeback...