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...them more than 15 minutes to really figure it out by looking at the photo.”Only the minutest fraction of Cornell’s bow ball kept Harvard from snatching its eighth national title.“How we ended the season last year will just fuel our competitive spirit this season,” senior Brian Aldrich says. “I definitely want one after what happened last year.” The Crimson limped into Eastern Sprints with three consecutive dual losses. Seats were still up for grabs in both varsity eights, Harvard...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HEAD OF THE CHARLES '06: Coming Up Silver | 10/20/2006 | See Source »

...Bible says, "First take the log out of your own eye and then you shall see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye" (Matthew 7: 5). At a time when relations between the Muslim and Christian worlds are tense, the Pope's statement added fuel to the fire. It is important that we all respect one another's religion. Mohiuddin Waseem Karachi, Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/16/2006 | See Source »

...major holding today is Zoltek, a maker of carbon fiber. What's green about that? Carbon fiber is a component of wind-turbine blades, and Zoltek's orders have soared as wind energy expands worldwide. Automakers are also evaluating carbon fiber as a substitute for some metals to improve fuel economy, and next-generation hybrids and fuel- cell vehicles should contain more of the material. Except for the Japanese, "all the auto companies are using or testing carbon fiber with Zoltek," Robinson says. The stock is up more than 185% this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Investing: Good, but Better | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...speaker, and vice versa. But it was a disappointment, the closest I had seen Obama come to seeming a standard-issue pol, one who declares a crisis and answers with Band-Aids. In this case, he produced a few scraggly carrots and sticks to encourage Detroit to produce more fuel-efficient cars. The audience of students and activists sensed the Senator's timidity and became palpably less enthusiastic as Obama went on. Just two days before, Al Gore gave a rousing speech in New York City in which he proposed a far more dramatic alternative energy plan: a hefty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fresh Face | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...then." He's right about that: more than a few of his potential rivals for the presidency in 2008 voted, as a matter of political expediency, to give Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq. Then Obama returned to the energy issue. "When I call for increased fuel-economy standards, that doesn't sit very well with the [United Auto Workers], and they're big buddies of mine ... Look, it's just not my style to go out of my way to offend people or be controversial just for the sake of being controversial. That's offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fresh Face | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

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