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...something Harvard does not easily let you do. Given the Sisyphean stress-cycle on which this college keeps us pedaling, it’s hard to do anything but focus but on the next midterm and to try not to get sick. Even once you make the difficult decision to leave, jumping through all the relevant bureaucratic hoops is an Olympic feat. I was still getting emails deep into October from various offices telling me that I still owed some amount on my term bill...

Author: By Maya E. Shwayder | Title: A Separate Year | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

Toyota officials note that since the fall, the company has been conducting an exhaustive review of factors that might have contributed to the growing number of unintended-acceleration cases filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Pinning down the cause of unintended acceleration is extremely difficult, automotive-engineering experts say, because laboratory tests may not be able to replicate unusual situations that arise in real-world driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toyota's Recall Will Test Customer Loyalty | 1/27/2010 | See Source »

...were a scientist, and all of a sudden they weren’t going to build a lab,” she said. “I am disappointed, but I also think that the world is a complicated place and we’re living through an extremely difficult financial crisis. It’s just not the right time in terms of my career and Harvard...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Delay Prompts Museum Curator To Leave Harvard | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

Unlike Akpan, Nyamekye faces a far more difficult task in not only getting minutes with his squad but simply making the roster. MLS clubs can have a maximum of 24 players on the roster, four of whom have to be developmental players (A designation for players 25 years of age or younger who do not count towards a club’s salary budget...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MLS Forecasts For Two Young Players | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

...chemical initiator, four common chemicals that progressively speed up the detonation. Any competent chemist can build one. Only small quantities of the chemicals are needed, and they can be easily smuggled through airport security. As for the explosive used in the Christmas attempt, PETN, it's everywhere and difficult to detect with the current airport-security systems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why bin Laden Isn't Worth Worrying About | 1/26/2010 | See Source »

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