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...early 20th century. Despite the glory he has won in the ring, Klitschko is quick to stress that boxing is "only a small part of my life." And he is eager to knock down one of the boxing world's most enduring clichés: that of the dim-witted fighter. "Why does everyone think boxers are stupid?" he asks. Well, maybe because of events like last week's press conference by former wbc title-holder Mike Tyson, who announced that he's ready to return to the ring and is "tired of being stupid." But the Klitschko brothers break...
Nothing sets the mood for work or play better than the perfect light, so why limit yourself to dim or bright, fluorescent or incandescent? The new Therapie lamps look a little like Rothko paintings, with their gorgeous reds, yellows and greens softly melting into one another. Housed in brushed-aluminum frames, they range from 2 ft. to 6 1/2 ft. long and double as postmodern works of art. But they are more than just pretty lights. Powered by the same fluorescent bulbs used for light therapy (to treat seasonal affective disorder during winter months, for example), the lamps may actually...
...what the U.S. military has in store for them should war come again. The last conflict introduced the world to the "smart" bomb, when Gulf War commanders narrated videotapes showing precision-guided munitions taking out discrete buildings they had targeted. Today's smart bombs make the old ones look dim-witted. What's more, newer smart bombs are far cheaper and easier to use, so there would be a lot more of them raining down on Iraqi targets. In 1991's Desert Storm, precision-guided munitions accounted for 7% of the bombs used. That share jumped...
...still qualify for the NCAA tournament with an at-large bid. The Crimson would be a sure bet if it wins out its last four games, which include the two ranked Ivy opponents and No. 10 Connecticut, the region’s top-ranked team. One loss would dim the Crimson’s hopes a bit, but three victories out of Princeton, Dartmouth, UConn and Columbia could still be enough for Harvard to make the tournament based on recent history. Anything worse than three more wins would make a tournament berth tough to come...