The front page of the L.A. Times today features the policy debate around a high speed bullet train in California.

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The car itself is based primarily on the MINI Cooper S, with similar front and rear styling and the l.6-liter four-cylinder turbo engine that debuted in the 2011 MINI S. (The engine gets 181 hp and up to 192 lb-ft of torque, with a 0-to-60 mph sprint of 6.6 seconds.) Fuel economy ratings are 35 mpg on the highway and 27 mpg in the city under the manual transmission variant.

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Made for the Comtesse Greffulhe, one of the inspirations for Proust's Duchesse de Guermantes, it showcases the designer's creative eye: metallic, crystal-beaded trompe-l'oeil cords appear to tie the front and back panels of the gown together.

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L. Hill, was passing her day in the front hallway.

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The Center for Security Policy today welcomed the insightful -- albeit astonishingly belated -- assessment of the state of U.S.-Soviet cooperation on the Persian Gulf crisis published on the front page of yesterday's New York Times by reporter Thomas L. Friedman.

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Ms. L. REDGRAVE: I think we all had to sit one in front of each other just in case one of us won.

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"When I was at the Roosevelt in L.A., they moved a Lamborghini Murcielago so they could park it in front of everything--a Murcielago!"

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L-shaped table in an office in Lagos, discussing a story on that morning's front page about an oil-pipe explosion.

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