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...terms. If the box moves through intermediate ports before it enters the U.S., the container manifest typically indicates only the details known to the final transportation carrier. For instance, a container could start in Central Asia, travel to an interior port in Europe, move by train to the Netherlands, cross the Atlantic by ship to Canada and then move by rail to Chicago. The manifest submitted to U.S. customs often will say only that the container is being shipped from Halifax and originated from Rotterdam. If a container is destined for a city inside the U.S., only in exceptional circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Why America Is Still An Easy Target | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

...wanted to challenge a culture that he said allowed students to shrug off “the difference between a gene and a chromosome.” Accordingly, he envisioned new science facilities and established cross-University programs such as the Broad Institute and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bold Goals, Strife Mark Tenure | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

...struggled with stuttering his whole life, and in this work, he approaches his subject from almost every conceivable angle. Shell, who spoke with The Crimson, illuminates stuttering’s medical, linguistic, cross-cultural, comedic, biblical, zoological, poetic, and political facets, to name...

Author: By Jacob A. Kramer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Stutter’ Is Not Just For The Birds | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

...boyfriend goes by “Steve,” “Stephen,” or his last name “Stromberg” depending on who you’re asking. This, of course, leads to a whole new set of difficulties when friends cross the boundaries of these group lines. Calling your boyfriend “Stromberg” to his parents probably isn’t going to cut it, and using the term with his friends from home is probably going to leave them more than a bit confused. Not to mention that...

Author: By Margaret M. Rossman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: What’s In a Name? | 2/22/2006 | See Source »

...women's downhill--coc chief executive officer Chris Rudge said he was planning a post-Games symposium of sports psychologists to discern why Canadians crumble under the weight of the five rings. The only early bright spots were the inspirational silver won by Beckie Scott and Sara Renner in cross-country team sprint and Jennifer Heil's gold medal in freestyle moguls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Now or Never | 2/20/2006 | See Source »

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