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...middle-class aspirations. Because space is limited, the plane has been cut down to about two-thirds its normal length and is held in place by thick concrete pillars. Inside, Gupta replaced the bulkhead between the coach and business cabins with a wooden wall so he could mount an air conditioner to cool the cabin in New Delhi's oppressive summer heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: New Delhi | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...collision--which was more of a love tap, since the Rover was going less than 10 m.p.h. (16 km/h)--took place in a very unusual road race on a dismantled Air Force base in Victorville, Calif. A few years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's blue-sky high-tech research wing that everyone calls DARPA, decided it was interested in developing robotic vehicles that could drive themselves: no remote control, no human intervention, only artificial intelligence behind the wheel. But instead of hiring a bunch of fancy nerds and sticking them in an undisclosed location until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building the Best Driverless Robot Car | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...TROUBLE Despite its crackdown on vehicle emissions, the Golden State's path to cleaner air is still clogged. In 2005, California passed legislation requiring automakers to cut emissions 30% by 2016, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has yet to exempt the state from the agency's less stringent regulations. Now California is taking the EPA to court, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will "sue and sue again" until the state comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...Rush survives and is secretly given up to the state. Ten years later, after her father reveals the truth, Layla heads out to find Rush while Louis inexplicably heads back to New York to find Layla. Meanwhile, Rush (Freddie Highmore) hears music in the air and in his heart, and the sounds fill him with hope that his parents are still alive. By realizing his musical potential, Rush hopes to reunite with his family. Rush’s talents are first discovered by Wizard, a modern day Fagin, played by Robin Williams. Instead of pick-pocketing, Wizard supervises a raggedy...

Author: By Kevin C. Ni, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: August Rush | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...Hopkins wasn’t quite so charitable with his assignments to other band members.“They were trying to get me to play the xylophone or the tambourine,” Lauzen said. “That doesn’t lead to very good air tambourining.”Guitar Hero and hideous shirts aside, Hopkins has come into his own in a deep Harvard secondary this season. After playing in all 10 games in 2006, recording 11 tackles, picking off one pass, and recovering a fumble, Hopkins became a defensive force in his first year...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leader of 'Washboard Whatups' Leads Ivies in Funny | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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