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...held in a glass tent on the spot where the core of the new pressurized water reactor is to be installed, and none of the partygoers was happier than Anne Lauvergeon, a former French civil servant who is chief executive of Areva, the French company that won the contract to build the $3.6 billion plant. Hailing a "nuclear renaissance," she said the laying of the foundation stone sent a clear signal to the world that "nuclear energy is part of our future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fission Returns to Fashion | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

...other stations and can connect to a series of other nodes, extending the signal from the cities to rural areas. A model linking solar panels with satellites is in the works. Ever since Boulder inaugurated its system last July, inquiries have flooded in. Last month the company won a contract to transmit air-pollution data in California's Death Valley. "We're getting e-mails from Afghanistan to Thailand," says Lyon. "They're asking, 'How soon can we get this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future of Energy: Innovation: 7 Cool New Ideas | 10/23/2005 | See Source »

Ladner, who had been suspended by the board in August, maintained throughout the investigation that his actions were within the bounds of the employment contract he had negotiated with the trustees. He maintains a faction of supporters who emphasize the improvements to the university that occurred under his stewardship—including an increase in the endowment and higher academic standards...

Author: By David Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A.U. Board Ousts President | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

...part of its contract with the Ivies, YES has agreed to show five league games, including at least one contest involving each team. And what better way is there to knock the worst two teams off the list than to broadcast the game involving both...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: League Season Begins | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

Yesterday’s event highlighted SLAM’s demands for a $20-an-hour living wage for Harvard janitors, whose contract expires...

Author: By May Habib and Pedro V. Moura, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: SLAM Worker Week Ends | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

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