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Stuffing a building into a bag is no easy task. Nor is erecting a concrete structure in less than an hour. But Peter Brewin and William Crawford have figured out how to do both. The two British engineers, both 26, dreamed up the Concrete Canvas--a sack of cement-impregnated fabric that morphs into an emergency shelter with the addition of two simple ingredients: water and air. Brewin says the hut can be deployed by a single untrained person in about 40 minutes. Before being inflated, the bag containing the construction material weighs about 500 lbs. The builder fills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Concrete Idea: Raising New Roofs | 11/27/2005 | See Source »

...were in my command, I would be promoting my favorite channels and shows. My home television viewing diet this week would include ample helpings of Comedy Central, "SportsCenter," "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" and the Weather Channel. (Yes, the Weather Channel. Whenever there is a storm a-brewin', the good people at the Weather Channel are there in the eye of it, making for fascinating "man vs. nature" television...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, | Title: The Power of a Couch Potato | 5/7/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson will have to display more of the torrid shooting with which they beat Bowdoin and Weslayan. The team has connected for a phenomenal 49 per cent of its field goal attempts, but if this is an off night, trouble's a brewin...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Crimson Quintet Meets Powerful B.U. Tonight | 12/7/1963 | See Source »

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