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...January he lifted the veil somewhat, releasing a video of the first test flight last November--a cozy affair on his ranch, with a Jumbotron for the spectators, a bouncy castle for the kids and a chuck wagon. The scaled-down prototype flew up 285 ft.--and 30 sec. later landed successfully. "My only job at the launch was to open the champagne, and I broke the cork off in the bottle," he blogged later. (You can almost hear that mad-scientist laugh of his.) "Fortunately, our other valve operations went more smoothly...
...vinyl that could potentially deflate because of anything from wind, to snow, to someone opening too many of those pressurized doors. But don’t lose too much sleep. “Snow should in theory fall off of it,” Director of Athletic Communications Chuck V. Sullivan assures us. And even if too many of the deadly doors were to open and the bubble began to collapse, alarms would sound so that the true athletes would have plenty of time to escape and continue practice in a real igloo. Even the nasty Boston breeze can?...
Even Harvard’s campus is not immune to critical perception of black expression through fashion. Despite the large influence and presence of black students on campus, black style has failed to flourish in the Harvard bubble. While some students may have donned baggy jeans, Chuck Taylor Converses, or Sunday hats when in their hometowns, a significant number shed these clothes for items that are more “suitable” for Harvard’s fashion culture. Many students who enter Harvard wearing the clothing of an urban dictate leave campus in sweater vests and loafers, ready...
...just two weeks ago upon accepting the leading position at Wisconsin. As a result, the turnover time for both Penn State and Walsh to make a decision was short and, for Harvard, bittersweet. “It all happened pretty quickly,” said Director of Athletic Communications Chuck Sullivan. “With the existing coach leaving Penn State, there wasn’t a whole lot of lead time for us or for them.” Walsh will look to fill Wilkins’ shoes despite compiling only a 3-13-1 record last year with...
...quoted senator Chuck Hagel as saying, "I don't think there's any point in going back and reviewing or replaying the bad decisions" related to the war in Iraq. I strongly disagree. A president must make good decisions for the country. Have the candidates who voted for the Iraq war demonstrated that ability? Why did they vote for war? Did they evaluate Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's assertion that Iraq could have a nuclear weapon so soon? Did they not consider the possibility that removing Saddam Hussein from power might unleash a civil war among Iraq's intensely hostile...