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...vote against increasing the mileage standards, the Senate voted to have the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study the matter and come up with a proposal for new standards within the next year. On top of that, the Senate voted by a smaller margin to exempt pickups from any new increases the study might recommend. It makes little sense to preemtively exempt pickup trucks from any new standards, and we worry that the loophole which classifies SUVs and minivans as “light trucks”—allowing them to be less efficient—is being...
...mujahedin fighting Soviet forces in the 1980s; indeed, the Soviets never took the valley. The soft shale on the ridges is ideal for the construction of caves. One cave, visited last week by a TIME reporter, was at least 40 yards deep and high enough to swallow a pickup truck. Many Afghans in Paktia still sympathize with the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Near Khost, the tomb of an al-Qaeda warrior killed by a U.S. bomb while he was praying at a mosque has become a shrine. Local villagers are convinced that the dead man's ghost has healing powers...
That Saturday morning, the convoy headed east along a muddy, rutted road. Sabur was in the back of a brightly colored pickup; two Americans sat in the cabin, and another team of special forces followed them. As the truck splashed around a muddy bend, Sabur told TIME, "al-Qaeda opened fire on us with something big." In a mud-brick hut was hidden an antiaircraft gun or mortar. Munitions ripped through the cabin. Sabur took shrapnel in his leg. The convoy returned fire and called in air support. Three helicopters thundered up the canyon, blasting away at enemy positions...
...last, a personal digital assistant that's worth bending an elbow for. The BarMaster ($29.95), from Excalibur Electronics, is a chic, flask-shaped gizmo that lets wired boozehounds search for the perfect drink by name, ingredient and even glass type. It also knows a few drinking games. Cheesy pickup lines not included...
...tailored to a certain mood—like cruising down a nearly-empty highway, with only a harmless-looking Ford Expedition for company. But it’s also an entertaining and uniquely American art form, written in the language of our vast country— the language of pickup trucks and open roads, of cowboys and honky-tonk bars...