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...don’t think I’ve run into a single EPS concentrator in my four years here, and certainly never a girl (I guess our new women-into-science initiatives are working). I was so astonished that I had no reply and probably blew my chances of a sweet make-out session.But the point of this column is not to harp on past loves lost (I only have 1,000 words, after all), but to lament a much more common answer to the aforementioned question, a concentration so unnecessary, ridiculous, and over-dramatized that it?...
...wearing just cowboy boots and a smile Where to find you on a Saturday night: Alone in my room, organizing my Magic cards—not. First thing you notice about a girl: Her nice big morals Your best pick-up line: Did you just fart, because you blew me away! Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: My body is the most exquisite violin. Pluck Me!! Favorite childhood toy: My babysitter Stacy Favorite part about Harvard: The conservative attitude Describe yourself in three words: Great Ballsa Fire In 15 minutes you are: In the spotlight...
...light northerly wind blew threw the course, eventually dying down in favor of a southerly for the day’s later races. The Crimson made up ground to earn a fifth-place finish in the event, totaling 273 points, just 21 behind winner Boston College. Hawaii finished in a close second place, followed by Dartmouth and Brown...
...potential violation of a 1982 law forbidding the disclosure of a covert CIA operative's identity. Fitzgerald is probing who, if anyone, leaked Plame's name and why. It has been clear from the outset that the White House wasn't happy when Plame's husband, diplomat Joseph Wilson, blew the whistle on a weak piece of the Administration's prewar claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), after he had been sent by the CIA on a mission to investigate WMD. A central mystery of the case is what crime Fitzgerald aims to prosecute: the leaks...
...occasional costly flop but also expects it. Such a stomach for setbacks is a legacy of J.P.L.'s first director, William Pickering, a Caltech alumnus who learned his trade setting off rockets in the dry riverbed that is all J.P.L. once was. Dozens of those rockets sometimes blew themselves to bits before one finally flew, but each failure taught Pickering something. "The era of rocketry really was trial and error," says former J.P.L. director Ed Stone. Adds Elachi: "Almost every lab director has kept the same philosophy." That has helped the lab survive many rocky patches, such...