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Homeowners are turning kitchens inside out, with outdoor dining furniture and gear that mimic indoor living. It goes way beyond grills. Some companies are even selling artwork to be hung outdoors and, oddly enough, artificial plants designed for outside use. A guide to today's outdoor-cooking scene. --By Lisa McLaughlin...
...talk. In anticipation of the public kickoff, the University is seeking sizable donations from top contributors. According to Rapier, universities typically raise 20 to 30 percent of a campaign’s total during a two-year quiet period. Harvard, however, may take more time to gear up before the public phase. “This is obviously an enormous undertaking,” Rapier said. “Because of that, we probably will have a longer quiet phase than other organizations might...
...mandatory for military procurement, but the Pentagon, under pressure to buy more efficiently, has opened bidding beyond U.S. borders--and foreigners are piling in. The Colt handgun, first used by the U.S. military in the Mexican-American War of 1846, has been replaced as standard-issue infantry gear by an Italian-designed Beretta. A Brazilian-made Embraer surveillance plane will soon patrol battlefields for the Army rather than a Gulfstream jet produced in Savannah, Ga. Britain's BAE Systems contributes avionics to the F-16, F-18 and F-117 bombers. Rolls-Royce, the British aircraft-engine maker, does more...
...when 19 U.S. servicemen were killed and hundreds injured in the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Defense concluded it needed to acquire better protection for the troops--the Pentagon has invited hundreds of select private-security firms to display their state-of-the-art gear at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va. The three-day show, called the Force Protection and Equipment Demonstration (FPED), is unique in that the vendors have to put up or shut up: they have to prove that their products actually work as advertised and be able to deliver inventory...
...group then walked to Mass. Hall where a police officer dressed in riot gear stood at the front of the building. Protest organizers also spoke about Karen O’Brien, a Harvard employee and a Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) representative, alleging that Harvard was engaging in union-busting through threatening and intimidating actions towards O’Brien...