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...scramble from the shower after hearing a fire alarm and stand outside your dorm in flip flops (and hopefully a towel), no doubt you have considered fire alarms more of a prankster’s delight than a constructive use of your Sunday night. But in 2001 alone, The Crimson reported a fire in the Eliot House Grille and an unidentified naked man in a Cabot bathroom. Last year, a convicted rapist lurked the Mather hallways posing as a fire inspector, and a burst toilet pipe flooded rooms and destroyed ceilings in Cabot. So while fire alarms might just seem...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fires, Asbestos, and Rapists, Oh My! | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...illuminate St. Louis's famous Gateway Arch with pink floodlights to highlight breast cancer awareness month because the rangers feared it would create a precedent for other national monuments, Talent passed a Senate bill authorizing him to do so. Earlier this month, Laura Bush flew in from Washington to flip the switch on the pink lights. Talent told onlookers, "Soon we will be able to find a cure to this life-threatening disease that affects nearly two million women in the United States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Courting Missouri's Moms | 10/25/2006 | See Source »

...course. But Volkswagen's latest model, the Eos, named for the goddess of dawn, does eliminate many of the compromises you used to have to make to enjoy the benefits of owning an affordable convertible. Its standout feature is a retractable hard-top, which doubles as a sun-roof. Flip a switch and in 25 seconds, it automatically stows in the rear. Watching this shape-changing act is worth the price of admission; the rear deck opens, the roof panels split apart, stack atop each other and neatly fold away. If you engage this feature in a parking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Convertible without Compromise | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...there aren't too many Republicans in the really hot races-that is, races that will be decided by moderate voters-who want to be seen with the President this year. Sherwood and, to a lesser extent, Allen need all the help they can get. The flip side of Bush's compassion-the adolescent petulance, the full-body defiance-was also on display. His support for those embarrassing candidates was similar to his unyielding support for the historic fiasco of the war in Iraq. He was stubbornly staying the course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If You Break it, You Pay For It, Mr. President | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

...pleasure. Nowhere in Homer does it say anything about Eos and transportation. Yet in Volkswagen's retelling, Eos has morphed into an elegant two-door convertible. The new VW Eos features a retractable hard top that's a marvel of engineering, stowing in the rear at the flip of a switch and transforming a buttoned-up coupe into a sun-loving hellion. A car with features like that used to set you back at least $65,000. But VW priced the Eos at just under $29,000 to attract midmarket shoppers--and, the company hopes, to help kick-start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How VW Can Get Hot Again | 10/22/2006 | See Source »

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