Word: interior
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...once onboard, I found that the interior of this DC-9 looked like an executive lounge--fresh flowers, patterned blue carpeting and all the bosses' comfy chairs facing one way. I felt as if I'd slipped into an exclusive club. There were only 15 passengers for 56 seats, so we spread out like kids at a playground...
...models--and more aerodynamically designed--advanced cars will be much more fuel efficient. Current models expend about one-third of their power just cutting through the air. In the future, underbodies will be smooth. Headlights and windshield wipers will fit seamlessly into the body. Tiny video cameras and interior TV monitors will replace side-view mirrors. Better onboard computers will improve everything from engine performance to braking...
...scientists are willing to go so far. "I think people did have the capacity to sail across the Atlantic," says Adovasio, "but I still think 99.9% of the peopling of the Americas occurred through the interior or along the coast from the Bering Sea." Still, he leaves a tantalizing 0.1% to begin some new mythmaking...
...native France for London and its more advantageous tax laws. The move inflamed Parisian patriots because last year Casta was chosen to be the model for Marianne, the allegorical female symbol of the French Republic that adorns town halls across the country. Under siege from the media--and the Interior Minister, who warned her of the bad health care in England--Casta went on French television to claim she was not permanently relocating, but not before opposition politicians used the controversy to attack the country's tax laws and goad Prime Minister Lionel Jospin into pledging cuts in the income...
...situation for students. The Pudding's existing theatrical and performing groups will benefit from much-needed building renovations now made possible by Harvard's vast financial resources. The departure of the Pudding's independent restaurant and venerable social club will make available a spacious interior that will be allocated for more general student use. Even Pudding Club members, faced with the dismal prospect of relocation, have accepted the move as an opportunity to re-evaluate their role on a campus that is slowly moving away from exclusive social organizations and towards more inclusive student activities...