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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Betsy generally speaks fast, too fast, almost. She fiddles with pens or anything nearby, really. But when Betsy is in character, she speaks slowly, pensively, with intent. She leans forward and scrunches her eyebrows together. What she says carries weight in the imaginary universe of Dungeons & Dragons, and the players in the game listen closely...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Welcome to the Dungeon | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...These two poles will converge as the technology advances and costs are brought down to a point where the average family car could be available at a feasible price. That's the tipping point that, as I say, could take 20 years, easily. (Read "Audi Gets in the Fast Lane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Audi Is Cleaning Up with Clean Diesel | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Though it is difficult to find accurate epidemiological numbers, more exact estimation will help to inform vaccine and treatment recommendation to improve predictions of future spread, Lipsitch wrote. The CDC reported on October 23 that the fast-moving “swine flu” pandemic had spread to 177 countries worldwide and that flu activity remains widespread in 46 U.S. states. The latest weekly report from the World Health Organization only accounts for 440,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza through the end of October throughout the globe, admitting that the case count is likely...

Author: By Shalini Pammal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Most H1N1 Cases Go Unreported | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Fast Facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virginia Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...reason is that while Cuban-American voters may still favor the trade embargo - though recent polls indicate support for that is fading fast, too, especially as more young Cuban Americans and recently arrived Cuban immigrants register to vote - they no longer see the travel ban as an inseparable component. In fact, they see lifting the ban as a way to throw a bigger ball into Havana's court, one that might oblige current Cuban President Raul Castro, Fidel's younger brother, to release more jailed dissidents or make other reform gestures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the U.S.-Cuba Travel Ban End Soon? | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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