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A similar lesson can be learned from the collapse of the Stoughton Hall roof. While the University may not be at fault for the damage which seems to be the result of faulty nails used in construction that occurred 10 years ago the accident should prompt more frequent, thorough inspections...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Physical Perils of Campus Life | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

Chance plays a huge role in crashes, so is there any way to enhance the odds that you will walk away from an accident? Helen Muir of Britain's Cranfield University writes that the difference between survival and death is often deceptively simple. "Those who survive are those who paid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Survive a Crash | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

In public, the Bush position was essentially this: "We've won. Gore lost. And while we're willing to have one recount because the public believes in fairness, don't expect us to go along with this forever." It's no accident that James Baker, the former Secretary of State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reversal of Fortune | 11/11/2000 | See Source »

American popular culture has always beheld the automobile with great reverence. Think of the exhilarating car chase scene in Bullitt or pop song homages like the Beach Boys' "Little Deuce Coupe." Today, car companies pay to have their latest sleek models wrecked up in blockbusters. The daredevil protagonist tears through...

Author: By Adrian Foo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: VROOM, VROOM: CARS AS ART AND ART ABOUT CARS AT THE ICA | 11/9/2000 | See Source »

Besides the newsworthy revelation of Lieut. Captain Dimitri Kolesnikov's dying message to his wife recovered last week from the husk of the sunken submarine Kursk--that 23 of the 118 crewmen had survived in an isolated chamber for a while, in contradiction to claims by Russian officials that all...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "I Am Writing Blindly" | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

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