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...that deserves to be on everyone's travel wish list. But did you know that there's more than one way to arrive at this World Heritage Site? How you approach Machu Picchu is going to affect your experience of it, so consider the options carefully before you embark on this once-in-a-lifetime experience. We've found an easy way, a hard way and something in between that combines adventure and comfort in sublime proportions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road Less Traveled | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

Imagine a robot so small and light it could hover in the air on a fly’s wings. Robot expert Robert J. Wood thinks he can make it happen—and someday create enough of these to embark on rescue missions to save lives...

Author: By Anupriya Singhal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not Your Grandma’s Robot | 2/5/2007 | See Source »

...Before I embark upon an angry tirade, let me start with the disclaimer that I love the bacchanalian decadence of the college drinking scene. But let’s have no illusions about our behavior. Alcohol is a dangerous drug. It’s a depressant; it’s carcinogenic; it leads to reckless and potentially deadly behavior; it causes brain and liver damage. Marijuana, on the other hand, is relatively harmless. As studies have shown, there is no conclusive evidence that it causes cancer or a significant decline in cognitive functioning. Nor does it necessarily lead to dangerous...

Author: By David L. Golding | Title: High Achievers | 1/6/2007 | See Source »

...officially when the country wades into war focuses the global and domestic minds on what's to come, not to mention its own. If you can't make a convincing case in the chambers of the House and Senate for a constitutionally proclaimed war, then perhaps we oughtn't embark on it. President George W. Bush took what was arguably undeserved heat during the 2004 campaign when, in a flash of either candor or carelessness, he conceded the point that the war on terror would not end explicitly with, say, a satisfying ceremony on the deck of a battleship during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Time to Declare War on Iraq | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

...would be confident and comfortable." Abe was just that. After his meetings with Roh, he announced sanctions against the North that were both swift and stern, declaring: "We cannot in any way tolerate the development and manufacturing of nuclear weapons. The government of Japan shall immediately embark on harsh measures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting His Stride | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

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