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...study card flash mob” will create chaos as 700 students descend on Sumerian 200r, prompting widespread criticism of the administration for never considering any sort of “pre-registration” system...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Predictions | 2/6/2004 | See Source »

They are there, adding their voices to the dull roar of the crowded Democratic field. As the candidates descend on New Hampshire, all eyes look to a primary that can turn the tide of the national election...

Author: By Jessica R. Rubin-wills and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Students Take Primary Role in N.H. | 2/4/2004 | See Source »

...fantastically romantic notion, that thousands of young men and women could descend on a broken place and make it better, not decades from now but right away, hook up the high school Internet lab, send the Army engineers to repair the soccer field, teach the town council about Robert's Rules and all the while watch your back. They debate how much to tell their loved ones back home, who listen to each news report of victories won and lives lost with the acute attention that dread demands. They complain less about the danger than the uncertainty: they are told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Person of The Year 2003: THE AMERICAN SOLDIER | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...descend the stairs to the tech shop, a large, low-ceilinged room full of props from past shows. Pudding memorabilia—old daguerreotypes and antique handbills–litter the shop, waiting to be moved out to the Pudding’s new facility at 2 Garden Street...

Author: By Veronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pudding Primps for New Season | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

ELEVATION AND DESCENT For vertical control, a wooden hand lever was connected by a chain and pulley to an elevator in the front. By pulling the hand lever back, the pilot rotated the elevator, causing the plane to rise. Pushing the hand lever forward would cause the plane to descend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Flies! | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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