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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...rain. At the midway point you floor the accelerator. Because an F1 car is both ultra-light and ultra-powerful, your action would surely cause the rear wheels to spin and the car to slide out of control. But not with the magic of traction control, which overrides your foot and cuts power. You could hear this happening, by the way - the engine note changed from smooth to bombing-raid violent as the device interrupted detonation in certain cylinders. And according to many experts, it reduced driver skill in the racing equation. The sublimely skilled driver with impeccable throttle control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showing Their Metal | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

...uses one name), Sanjayan often finds himself as the only person of color at environmental meetings, in the classroom, even out in the field. Conservation in the U.S. - and the environmental movement more generally - tends to be very white and relatively well off, from the leadership down to the foot soldiers. "Right now conservation groups do miserably (in diversity)," says Sanjayan. "That needs to change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Changing the White Face of the Green Movement | 3/23/2008 | See Source »

Starting off on the right foot, the Crimson broke through a neck-and-neck struggle with the Engineers midway through the first game with two aces from Weintraub and six kills from junior captain Brady Weissbourd. Harvard continued on to breeze through the frame for a 30-22 victory...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Suffers Dissappointing Loss | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...important question is how quickly last year’s second and third starters, sophomore Dana Roberts and senior Amanda Watkins, will get healthy.Watkins, who has gotten some work in during the first two tournaments, is slowly making her way back after spending the fall walking around with her foot in a boot. A starter since her freshman year, Watkins has the opportunity to make a large impact in her last season with the Crimson if she can get healthy.“It’s just a matter of continuing, now that she’s throwing strong...

Author: By Julia R. Senior, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hitter's Worst Nightmare | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...Florida and Michigan have rejected the idea of costly and less than reliable primary revotes. After all, the Republican National Committee annulled only half of Florida's G.O.P. delegates - a more measured ruling the DNC could have mirrored. And while Democratic rivals Obama and Hillary Clinton couldn't set foot in Florida in January, John McCain and his Republican competitors campaigned there and scored valuable face time with Florida independents, with McCain even winning the endorsement of the popular Crist. Despite all that, Florida Democrats campaigned with cardboard cutouts of Clinton and Obama and then turned out to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Dean Cost the Dems Florida? | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

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