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...played a frequent role. In 1994, a much-ballyhooed bonfire in the MAC quad was rained upon, and went unattended by many of its organizers. Last year, the rally was driven inside the Queen’s Head Pub by rain, where it unfurled as an apparent mixed bag. In 2006, Fun Czar emeritus John T. Drake ’06 cancelled the event—again, because of rain—matter-of-factly citing the chance for mass electrocution. (Rumor has it that the rally was actually cancelled because people kept leaving the period...
Lost baggage is one of the most maddening problems travelers face. It's also one of the most mysterious. So, the bag goes on the plane at the beginning of the flight - and just doesn't come off at the other end? Where exactly does it go? Is it sucked out the back when someone flushes the toilet? Is it eaten by a hungry passenger reluctant to pay $9 for a bad sandwich? These are the questions plaguing Lina Schillaci, who recently lost her luggage...
...wonders of eBay allowed the scientists to purchase a $130 bag of 20,000-year-old woolly-mammoth hair from a vendor in Moscow, and the wonders of science allowed them to extract the mammoth's genetic information in the most successful attempt to date to sequence an extinct animal's DNA. DNA in general breaks down after 60,000 years or so, making the possibility of a real Jurassic Park scenario - complete with flying pterodons and bloodthirsty tyrannosaurs - remote. Still, scientists see the completion of the genome as the first step to uncovering and understanding the reasons behind...
Lost Luggage. Should your checked bags get lost in transit, here's some good news: The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered airlines to raise the minimum amount they must compensate passengers for lost suitcases, from $3,000 for each bag to $3,300. The rule takes effect in time for the December holidays...
...Bag Drop. Or, send your bags ahead of you with United's door-to-door baggage delivery service. For $149 per bag - minus the $15 fee you'll save for not checking it - FedEx will pick up your bag from your home or office, and deliver it the next day to your hotel. The service is available only in the continental U.S., and bags can be collected up to 10 days before flying...