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...which often rely on commercially available rubidium atomic clocks. But if you would like to witness the leap second pass with your own eyes, log on to NIST's Web clock shortly before midnight Greenwich Mean Time, and watch as 23:59:59 changes to 23:59:60, a feat that only NIST's clock can achieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wait a Second: Why 2008 Was a Long Year | 12/31/2008 | See Source »

...that parties can campaign and assemble freely. During its tenure, the government has taken to task the country's crony-state politics, strengthened regulatory bodies like the election and anti-corruption commissions, and documented and photographed the more than 80 million people eligible to vote in elections - a stunning feat in this vastly impoverished nation OF 150 million where many remain illiterate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bangladesh: Ready to Vote Again | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...Last weekend the track and field team opened its season in Boston at the Husky Winter Carnival. Weiler won the pole-vaulting event in a three-way tie vaulting 4.72 meters on Saturday. This vault puts Weiler ninth on the all-time Harvard history list for vaulting, an impressive feat after only one meet. The accomplishment is even more striking considering the vaulters opted for short approaches in the early-season meet and therefore were not able to get up to their top speed. “He really knows the event,” sophomore pole vaulter Sean...

Author: By Melissa Schellberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshman Vaulter Wastes No Time | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...readers the experience of an African man under colonial rule from an African perspective. It tells the story of the unsympathetic protagonist, Okonkwo, a volatile patriarch who attempts to reassert his status and masculinity against a tide of circumstances out of his control. Achebe’s most extraordinary feat in the novel is his ability to communicate Okonkwo’s poignant experience to Western audiences. But Achebe’s visit to Harvard was not only a celebration of his first novel, but also a celebration of his legacy. Since penning “Things Fall Apart?...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chinua Achebe Explores Legacy After 50 Years | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...honors you can get at this level and it speaks volumes about the wrestler Louis is,” O’Connor says. “It shows that he is absolutely in the hunt to win a national title.”The prospect of such a feat, which would allow Caputo to join John Harkness ’38 and Jesse Jantzen ’04 as the only national champions ever to don crimson, could consume the focus of any athlete. While the senior undoubtedly has the potential to achieve this goal, the humble All-Star...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Caputo Returns to Challenge for Title | 11/19/2008 | See Source »

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