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In trying to mimic the feel of sporty downshifts, it ladles on ever-higher levels of regenerative hybrid braking. To the driver, the sludgy effect feels like throwing anchors of various sizes out the window.

If straphangers can choose between local and express service, why can’t motorists?

It all comes down to price.

"Victory is defeating Al Qaeda," Tony Snow said last week, because "Al Qaeda continues to be the chief organizer of mayhem within Iraq."

If you’re a shady seafood dealer trying to unload a container of dodgy shrimp or tilapia, chances are 98 in 100 it will make it into the United States.

The speculative risk of food-borne illnesses, especially parasites, has captured the public imagination. There are several reasons, however, that these fears are unfounded.

What we need isn’t more tuna, but a renaissance in American sushi; to discover for ourselves -- and perhaps to remind the Japanese -- what sushi is all about.

Consultants have encouraged a culture that deifies them ...

Are these advisers really as important as they would like us, and their clients, to think? Have they ever been?

If they had $1 million, they could generate a rough draft of a mammoth genome in about a month.

What the battle at the mosque seemed to reveal was how complex Pakistani politics is, and how far Islamist radicals are from gaining widespread popular support.

"Today, over all, patents don’t work; for the information technology industry especially, they don’t work," said James Bessen.

"You’re not going to be photocopying forever, so while you are, become queen of the paper jam," Ms. Dixson suggested.

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