Word: speeding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...contrast to fashion's trends, technology's are not so much fads with finite ends but stops along a continuum. Roman numerals appended to new versions of the Palm Pilot increased as rapidly as scores on a pinball machine, and ever more advanced handheld gadgets debuted at a dizzying speed. As the year progressed, those who didn't crave or couldn't indulge a moment's isolation began connecting to the Internet through cell phones or to instant-messaging systems via the BlackBerry two-way pager...
...special reports turned into an impromptu bar exam, a live speed-reading contest in which reporters jumped to conclusions, sometimes qualified and sometimes not. Most networks first seized on the majority opinion, which seemed to imply that Gore might pull off a new recount. Rather said flat-out, "What [the ruling] does not do is in effect deliver the presidency to George Bush...
...claim victory in that the FTC had established a template for regulation in the Internet age and had avoided the risk of losing control over the deal had he decided to sue to block the merger and lost. The new company was forced to relinquish its advantage in high-speed Internet service by agreeing to a deal that gives equal access to EarthLink, its largest competitor...
...high-speed Amtrak train in the Northeast...
...reading your story on Amtrak's new Acela train [BUSINESS, Dec. 4], I sadly noted continued ignorance about why America lags behind the rest of the world in developing high-speed trains. The explanation lies in Washington's lack of a balanced transportation policy. Europe and Japan place intercity rail on an even playing field with other transportation modes for federal assistance. Washington, however, treats Amtrak like a bastard child that receives billions in "subsidies" while aviation and highways receive blessed federal "investment." Amtrak needs the same financial commitment enjoyed by the airlines and highways. DONALD SHAW Bloomfield, Conn...