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Some 6.9 million new American cars were equipped last year with a handy feature: intermittent windshield-wiper systems, which allow drivers to fine- tune the speed of their blades. Since 1982 Ford alone is believed to have sold millions of cars containing the device. But now the automaker may have to pay for every single one, which could mean a windfall for a retired inventor in Gaithersburg, Md. For twelve years, Robert Kearns, 62, tried to persuade courts that he invented the electronic device for the wiper system. Last week a federal jury in Detroit ruled that Ford had infringed...
...separate trash." Wolmer hopes to include newspapers; at the moment, however, most recycling plants in New York City cannot handle more newsprint. Magazines pose a different problem. In printing TIME, we cannot currently use stock that contains more than 7% recycled paper; anything more and our high-speed printers would shred the magazine to pieces. However, as recycling technology improves, we aim to increase that percentage...
Problems like these, admits the White House, may take years to solve. Later this month when he meets with Governors to flesh out the goals, Bush could speed the process by more forcefully endorsing strategies such as simplifying teacher certification and lengthening the school year. "The goals won't be hard to set," says Lamar Alexander, the former Republican Governor who is now president of the University of Tennessee. "But we'll have to see if everyone is bold enough to make the quantum leaps we need." Without a firmer push from Washington, states and districts may never measure...
WORLD: Suddenly the train destined for German unification picks up speed...
Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry James Anderson, who has been working on the project since last year, said he thinks successful operation of the plane will measurably speed atmospheric research and enable scientists to better determine options for controlling ozone depletion...