• For example, public transport is expensive: a one-way ten-kilometre (six-mile) train ride from suburban Oslo into the city costs NKr26, which is twice as much as the road toll.

    ECONOMIST: Excessive

  • Since then she worn everything from a red asymmetrical goddess dress from Lanvin (BAFTAs), a short frilly lace number from Bottega Veneta (MTV Movie Awards), a challenging floral print column gown from Lanvin (Alexander McQueen Costume Institute Gala), and a collage-like short frock with a train from Chanel (Vanity Fair Oscar Party).

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  • In particular, it tells a bidder how much capital its so-called Train Operating Company (TOC) would have to hold as a protection for taxpayers against the risk that in the course of operating the franchise the TOC went bust or risked going bust.

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  • Ladies and gentlemen, like a corridor, right here from Tampa to Orlando -- (applause) -- so you'll be able to get on a train here to Orlando in less than an hour, without battling traffic and congestion, arrive at your destination.

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  • Mr. GIULIANI: I have (unintelligible) in the number-five train.

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  • But it left unchanged the absurdly generous regimes for the most sensitive (and strike-prone) employees, such as train drivers and electricity workers.

    ECONOMIST: Gloom in France

  • The government has invested heavily in securing the park: granting Disney a beautiful site on Lantau island, lending construction money and laying a dedicated train line (the carriages come with Mickey-shaped windows).

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  • Take the Narita Express train just one stop (about a 10-minute ride) to the city of Narita, where a trail of local shops and restaurants line the path to the Naritasan Shinshoji Temple.

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  • National Express East Anglia (NXEA) had the lowest overall satisfaction rating of all the train-operating companies at 77%, while Grand Central, which operates routes between London King's Cross and the north of England, had the highest rating, at 95%.

    BBC: Rail fare 'dissatisfaction' grows, survey suggests

  • And without any grand programme, Mr Smith is also cutting the number of basic car platforms (the chassis and drive-train mechanical bits that make the wheels go round) from 16 to eight, in line with best practice at firms such as Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota.

    ECONOMIST: The quiet man

  • DreamWorks Animation ( DWA - news - people ) release How to Train Your Dragon in two weeks.

    FORBES: Popcorn Prognosticator

  • The Pipeline Fund Fellowship (PFF) recently hosted an all-day conference to educate, train and empower women on how to become angel investors.

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  • Subsequently, she plummeted a few feet down onto the subway tracks, only to be saved by a station worker who fearlessly hopped down to rescue her SMS-focused mind (and body, too) as the oncoming train screeched to a halt just 20 meters before running her over.

    ENGADGET: Woman plummets onto subway tracks while carelessly texting

  • And two French train-drivers' unions have called for a 24-hour (repeatable) stoppage on June 10th, the day of the World Cup kick-off.

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  • Pioneer agreed to further nutritional enhancements to the sorghum strain, to train African scientists, and to donate the know-how (and seeds) from its earlier work.

    FORBES: Chutzpah Science

  • The problems at Radlett in Hertfordshire led to major changes to services run by three train companies - Southeastern, East Midlands Trains and First Capital Connect (FCC).

    BBC: Radlett cable failure causes major rail delays

  • The crime-fighting idea is now being tested at various train stations by British Transport Police (BTP).

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  • The author of the train-and-equip gambit, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), knows how to write policy changes into a military-spending bill.

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  • The traveler stumbles bleary-eyed into the crowded arrival hall, only to face another two- to four-hour journey either by bus or train (a taxi ride would bankrupt an Arab prince) into the city.

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  • The train is the Ghan, a long-established service that runs up (and down) the centre of Australia from one coast to another on a three-day trip of almost 2, 000 miles.

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  • The first rabbit, running just outside the window, had wide-open eyes, as if the race against the train required a superhuman effort (or, rather, super-leporine, the lawyer thought).

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  • Spa Resort Hawaiians (81-246) 433-191, in Iwake city, about 90 minutes by train northeast of Tokyo, has an extensive outdoor onsen swimming pool surrounded by palm trees and hibiscus.

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  • He approached Union Pacific (nyse: UNP - news - people ) Railroad and CSX (nyse: CSX - news - people ) Transportation about dedicating a single train full of refrigerated cars that could travel from the West Coast to the East Coast without getting waylaid.

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  • The storm caused two-meter-high (six-and-a-half-feet) drifts and was blamed for derailing a bullet train in Akita prefecture, south of Hokkaido, on Saturday afternoon.

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  • Panasonic showed off a system that can pipe terrestrial digital broadcasts into trains, coupled with a wireless system to allow commuters to hear a broadcast's audio via headsets without disturbing other passengers (hey, some of us like to work, read -- or sleep -- on the train).

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  • Most notable among them is the inclusion of Guilds -- a range of building types used to train units in sciences such as War (accumulate experience points for battle), the Church (construct priests and monks with special powers), the Merchant's Guild (needed for trading with others) and Magetowers, (used to create wizards and learn new spells).

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