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Speed may be the ultimate attraction of smart cards. Tests have shown that the cash cards can quicken the average transaction by three seconds. For Manhattanites, who expect their three-minute eggs in 90 seconds, that's a lifetime.

--By George Church. Reported by William Dowell/New York

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