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...OPEC nations, in a meeting in Vienna, agreed to a slight drop in output to try to support prices in the short term, although the cartel also announced an increase in official production targets. And in Russia, the world's second - largest oil exporter, the energy industry received a boost when companies Yukos and Sibneft said they had agreed in principle to a merger that would create the world's fourth - largest oil and gas producer - one that will pump about 2.2 million barrels of oil a day. It's not the first time this merger has been touted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oil, Oil Everywhere | 4/27/2003 | See Source »

...reasonable period before publication. And third, and perhaps most importantly, the ’Poon should maintain—indeed, enhance—its policy of regular drug consumption in an effort to further develop its collective humorous intellect. What’s a brain good for without a boost from Mary Jane...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Dartboard | 4/25/2003 | See Source »

...only does this win give Klein his second victory in three weeks, but it also gives the Crimson’s top golfer a very important confidence boost going into the Ivies...

Author: By Joshua M. Murray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Klein First, M. Golf Second at Lou Flumere Invitational | 4/25/2003 | See Source »

Sipping chai at College soirees may help with social skills, saucer balancing and making conversation—but it may also may help boost the immune system, according to a Harvard study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday...

Author: By Robin R. Kachka, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tea Drinking Improves Health, Study Shows | 4/23/2003 | See Source »

...their networks open--either as a public service or, in more cases, accidentally--meaning anyone can use those networks to surf freely without a password. The practice of looking for those networks--known as wardriving, in homage to Matthew Broderick's wardialing in the movie War Games--got a boost when the descendants of ham-radio enthusiasts figured out that you could pick up a much stronger signal by welding an empty Pringles can to your Wi-Fi card...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unwired: Will You Buy WiFi? | 4/21/2003 | See Source »

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