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...internal R&D; the British armed services spent $4 billion.) And while the Department of Defense (DOD) has not formalized green technology into its strategic documents, it has sponsored numerous studies that call for it to wean itself off what it's dubbed "POL" - petroleum, oils and lubricants - in favor of alternative fuels. (Read the top 10 green stories...
...Seawolves 6-3 at the half. “It took us a little while to adapt to the officiating, and we got into a little foul trouble early,” Farrar said of the first half. In the second half, momentum shifted in Harvard’s favor. The Crimson defense put up a wall against the charging Sonoma State offense, allowing only one goal by the Seawolves the remainder of the game. Co-captain Nicola Perlman, who is also a former Crimson magazine chair, saved 11 shots, including two fired at close range from a mere five...
Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan was confirmed as the nation’s first female Solicitor General yesterday after the United States Senate voted 61-31 in favor of her nomination. Kagan’s nomination as Solicitor General, the federal government’s representative before the Supreme Court, was initially met with enthusiasm by Senators on both sides of the political aisle, but yesterday’s vote brought unexpected Republican opposition. Much of Kagan’s bi-partisan support evaporated in recent months after a spat with Sen. Arlen Specter over her unwillingness to answer...
...filming documentaries, partly due to lack of funding. “I was tired of knocking on every door and every possible institution and every possible producer,” she says. At Harvard, Schyfter is creating another documentary, though she is eschewing her typically female-driven narratives in favor of portraying a significant Mexican historical figure that illuminates relations between the US and Mexico.Schyfter is currently researching nineteenth-century intellectual Melchor Ocampo, a Mexican liberal who wrote separation of Church and State into Mexican law and attempted to establish a free-trade treaty between Mexico and the United States...
...Life...” they showcase their modern sound with an array of songs that run the gamut from the danceable to heart-wrenching. Unfortunately, the thematic content does not keep pace with this diversity and modernity. Throughout the album, White Lies eschew lyrical or topical gravitas in favor of the trite and the maudlin.The ease with which the band has transitioned into one of the newest indie rock darlings can be attributed to the alluring quality of lead singer Harry McVeigh’s streamlined vocals. Yet, this ability doesn’t fully compensate for the shallow character...