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...sounds like science fiction - a heat ray that can zap rioting protesters, forcing them to flee without inflicting injuries. But the U.S. military's Active Denial System - which shoots a beam of electromagnetic radiation, causing its target to experience a burning sensation - is just the latest attempt to make crowd control more effective yet less lethal. Unlike traditional brute-force methods of dispersal - such as rubber bullets and batons, which can maim or even kill - a new wave of hi-tech crowd-control gadgets promises to keep the peace without causing casualties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shooting to Stun | 1/31/2007 | See Source »

...crucial game-tying strike bumped her totals to eight goals and 15 points. Those who showed up at Bright on Friday night to witness the dazzling skills of the Olympians were surely not disappointed. They saw Vaillancourt leaping over obstacles in a rush on net, Apps uncorking a laser-beam slapshot, Parsons juking a defender with the fluidity of ginger ale, and Chu squeezing a visionary pass through thick traffic. They also saw two complete teams, two of the best in the country, with rosters full of some medal owners, granted, but mostly comprised of promising youngsters and savvy veterans...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IN LEHMAN'S TERMS: ECAC Squads Potent Again | 1/16/2007 | See Source »

Kagan has also declined to comment, although Law School spokesman Michael A. Armini said recently that she is “focused like a laser beam on being dean of the Law School...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez and Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Search Panel Pares Short List | 1/10/2007 | See Source »

Kagan has also declined to comment, although Law School spokesman Michael A. Armini said recently that she is "focused like a laser beam on being dean of the Law School...

Author: By Javier C. Hernandez and Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Search Panel Pares Shortlist to a Handful | 1/9/2007 | See Source »

...other leading candidates, Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust and Law School Dean Elena Kagan, have declined to comment on the matter. Law School spokesman Michael A. Armini said recently that Kagan is "focused like a laser beam on being dean of the Law School...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Richard ‘Unequivocal’: She’s Staying in the U.K. | 1/9/2007 | See Source »

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