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When the instructor gave me the signal to start, I slammed into what was probably first or third gear--and immediately stalled. This is not, I gathered from the instructor's reaction, a common racing move. My classmates were whipping down the track, worrying about correcting skids, and the instructor was leaning into my car, telling me to "let up easy on the clutch." I wasn't proud...
Although most tourists are easy to pick out of a crowd--such staples of tourist gear like cameras and fanny packs instantly reveal their true nature--there are a few slippery ones who try to mask their true selves. Summer interns still adjusting to inside-the-beltway mores may fool other tourists, but locals can spot them for the alien creatures they...
...cuts; the public appetite for them is still negligible. Alan Greenspan, that avatar of avatars, is still mostly on his side. But just in case anyone was wavering as the newly unified GOP plan hit the papers Wednesday, the White House shifted their pre-negotiation negotiations into high gear with the same strategy that got him through the last six years: stay on message and stay on television. "If they conclude this plan and send it to me," Clinton said Wednesday from his sunny pulpit in the Rose Garden, "I will have to veto it. I will refuse to sign...
...over HP, coming off a remarkable run as president of the $20 billion Global Services division at Lucent. She was partly responsible for re-engineering Lucent into a technology highflyer from what was once Ma Bell's phonemaker. Lucent is now a leading global supplier of cell-phone networking gear and the digital-switching systems that are critical components of voice and data networks--you know, the Internet. She even helped design the red-swirl logo that marks Lucent as a leading-edge company...
...left behind by the rioting fans, opting instead for person-to-person damage. Not to mention the fact that, as the only legitimate CD store at Woodstock, it would only take one jackass to head our way. Part of me wanted to overturn our tables and defend our gear and merchandise. The other part of me to go to hell and get my things...