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With its ballooned-out arms and legs, it looks like moon gear for the Michelin Man, but this 1,100-lb. diving suit is strictly for deep-sea adventures. Unlike standard diving equipment, which can't take you much deeper than 1,000 ft., the Atmospheric Diving System by Oceanworks International stabilizes air pressure around the body so that divers working as deep as 2,000 ft. below sea level feel as if they're still on the beach. Powered by twin thrusters mounted on either side of the oxygen tank, the suit lets you steer in any direction, using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Best Of The Rest | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...picked up a low, bouncing snap and looked toward the end zone. He then heaved the ball into a swarm of four Yale defenders and one Harvard defensive end. Senior Marc Laborsky, having lined up as a tight end on the play, used his 6’4, 250 lb. frame to box out the defense. He came down with the ball, giving Harvard an 8-0 lead...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: PERFECTION! Harvard Caps First Unblemished Season Since 1913 | 11/18/2001 | See Source »

...hunters stalked their prey from the sky and in the shadows, armed with instruments of death and waiting for Osama bin Laden to reveal himself. Above the gnarled ridges outside the besieged cities of Jalalabad and Kandahar, U.S. warplanes unloaded laser-guided Maverick missiles and 5,000-lb. bunker busters to collapse limestone redoubts and bury anyone taking cover inside. Members of the U.S. Army's clandestine 800-man Delta Force tracked likely bin Laden hideouts, equipped with night-vision goggles and stun grenades, in case they had to creep inside the mountains, and laser pointers, in the hope that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hunt for Osama bin Laden | 11/18/2001 | See Source »

Yale’s 250 lb senior kicker Justin Davis has nailed 5 of 7 field goals this year, though he has only converted 17 of 22 PATs. Blewitt is 20 of 20 on extra points. Both Davis and Kingston share a 38.6 yard punting average...

Author: By Alexander M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How the Elis Stack Up Against the Crimson | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

...lb defensive tackle may not get all the glory numbers, although he has three sacks this season, but his presence up the middle alongside captain Ryan FitzGerald has made it impossible for most teams to sustain any type of rushing attack against the Crimson...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unsung Sims Quietly Leads Crimson | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

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