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...don’t expect that everyone would memorize our fight song or sport more Crimson-colored gear and we’ll suddenly have the fun and friendship of a Big Ten school. But I do expect we could celebrate genuinely our friends’, peers’, and school’s accomplishments, rather than mask deep cynicism about crowded housing and the Core with beer and circuses...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore | Title: March Madness | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

Carroll's ability to harness his clients' drive is pushing the industry forward. Developing gear for athletes like Clapp and Warren Macdonald, a double-leg amputee who has used Carroll's designs to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and the face of El Capitan, has led to the introduction of better mainstream limbs for people who don't use them to ascend ice walls. "We come up with a one-off thing, and we wind up with some phenomenal technology," says Carroll. For his clients, that means equally phenomenal mobility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Better Athlete | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

Galeria River, Rua Francisco Otaviano, is a mini-mall in Arpoador filled with cool shops selling surf gear, skateboards, in-line skates and climbing equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rio de Janeiro | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...significant financial impact on the Alliance in the past year because many low-income residents do not have health insurance despite the state’s efforts to require them to enroll in subsidized programs. “The Cambridge Health Alliance has not seen this transition in gear,” Boudrow said. “We are still seeing a relatively high percentage of uninsured still coming.” Massachusetts’ fund for paying for uninsured patients—the Health Safety Net Trust Fund—provides a fixed payment to all the hospitals based...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Hospital Continues Training | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

Entering the emergency ward at Tuen Mun Hospital in Hong Kong these days feels a little like getting clearance into a correctional facility. A woman cloaked in head-to-toe blue protective gear stands watch at the sliding glass doors, checking visitors' foreheads to ensure that no one running too high a fever gets through. Those who pass muster are given a blue surgical mask and entry to the fluorescent-lit waiting room. Those who don't are ushered to a clutch of plastic chairs outside, under a blue tent - a makeshift isolation and triage area - near a sign that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hong Kong Flu Scare of '08 | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

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