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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...planet billions of years ago, the climate has swung drastically and often abruptly from one state to another - from tropical swamp to frozen ice age. Over the past 10,000 years, however, the climate has remained remarkably stable by historical standards: not too warm and not too cold, or Goldilocks weather. That stability has allowed Homo sapiens, numbering perhaps just a few million at the dawn of the Holocene, to thrive; farming has taken hold and civilizations have arisen. Without the Long Summer, that never would have been possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Much Human Activity Can Earth Handle? | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

...strut—through Lamont cafe, but I know I’m not the only one. Party costumes work their way into the front of your closet, and before you know it you’re wearing a koala head hat just because it’s cold outside...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Costumes in the Closet | 9/23/2009 | See Source »

...turn for a comeback once Ingersoll–who had been sick lately–took the court. “It’s nerve-wracking to be on the bench,” Ingersoll said. “You warm up, but then you get cold and you’re thinking, ‘Oh no what if I biff it?’ It’s all or nothing.”There would be no biffing for Ingersoll, however. In just 1.5 sets, the sophomore racked up 11 kills and a .714 hitting percentage.With...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Volleyball Rolls Over Holy Cross at Home | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

This move reaffirms the president’s goal of cutting Cold War-era defense programs and replacing them with modern projects that cater to the military needs of the 21st century. The current plan is less ambitious than the Star Wars system, imagined by President Reagan, but it does the job required far more efficiently. It takes into consideration the technology and threats present in today’s world...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Putting Misguided Missiles Back on Track | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

Yeah, right. Earth to Juanes: this is Cuba we're talking about, the worn out Cold War football of every left-wing apologist and right-wing opportunist in the hemisphere. Politics enters into todo, everything. Any idealistic electric-guitar picker who thinks otherwise is just asking for the kind of grief Juanes experienced in the months leading up to Sunday's Peace Without Borders show, complete with the death threat he received from an anti-Castro militant on Twitter and the insults hurled at Miami's Cuban exiles from the newspaper Granma and other mouthpieces of the Castro regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba's Mega–Rock Concert: A Win-Win for Juanes | 9/21/2009 | See Source »

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