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The proposals are part of the regular reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which provides the aegis for federal direct student lending and Pell Grants.

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Democrats Unveil New Loan Proposal | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

Having topped himself, Stumpf yearns to broaden his range. "To tell you the truth," he says, "I'm bored with designing for the office. Bored stiff." Among the things he would like to design are baby strollers that do not jiggle, an airplane with an observation deck, a taxicab with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: Looking Good Is Not Enough | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

On May 8, 1945, one world ended and another began. When all the ghastly totals were added up, it would be reckoned that some 40 million Europeans had lost their lives during the war; alongside them fell 160,045 Americans, 45,057 Canadians and thousands of others of non-European...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: V-E Day: From Rubble To Renewal | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Even more daunting than the sheer size of the program is the requirement that it run flawlessly the first time out, a phenomenon unprecedented in the short history of computers. Says M.I.T. Physicist Herbert Lin, who last month published a critique of the Star Wars software problem: "No program works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Star Wars and Software | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

(3 of 3) Scenarios of a terrorist strike in the strait vary, but they usually involve hijacking a tanker carrying chemicals, oil or liquefied natural gas. Blowing up an entire tanker is difficult?crude oil does not catch fire easily, for example?but it's not too hard to blast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dire Straits | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

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