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Being a test subject requires sacrifices, including boredom (I once spent an hour staring at a computer monitor full of Ls to find a solitary T) and time that would otherwise be spent stalking the Facebook.com news feeds of my crushes. So why do I do it? For the satisfaction, silly—the satisfaction of knowing that I am a part of something larger than myself. Which really means that I’m in it for the money, just like all the other study subject whores who trek to the ninth floor of William James Hall...

Author: By Brittney L. Moraski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Go Crazy; Get Real Paid | 9/27/2006 | See Source »

...rear, pushing the car closer to the road, which adds to stability and reduces air resistance. Sommer claims that this design saves weight, improves aerodynamics and still provides resistance in a crash to the same level as other sports cars and subcompacts. The result is the Loremo LS, a car with a two-cylinder, 20-horsepower, turbo-diesel engine that maxes out at 160 km/h and is expected to cost just €11,000. The sportier version, the Loremo GT, has a three-cylinder engine, gets 100 km to 2.7 L of fuel and can hit speeds of 220 km/h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving On The Light Side | 7/9/2006 | See Source »

...than 15 or 55, 11 that its main rival for Ivy League title during that time was Penn, and 10 that Harvard had zero losses a year ago.Taking another tack, trying to purely test attendance, I asked about the seating in Harvard Stadium. Twelve respondents selected concrete Ls, while two went for metal benches, and no one was sucker for wooden seats. All in all, pretty good.The most interesting question turned out to be: “the most important player on the 2005 Harvard football team is...” No slight meant to team captain Erik Grimm...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Testing Students on Harvard Athletics | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...America, it's called Lexus LS and, in Japan, Celsior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEO Talks: Katsuaki Watanabe: Toyota's Tough Boss | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

...savings and loan industry also had its troubles. In March customers of 69 S and Ls in Ohio stampeded to withdraw money when the failure of a Cincinnati thrift threatened to bankrupt the state's private deposit-insurance fund. Ohio Governor Richard Celeste temporarily closed the S and Ls and required them to apply for federal insurance. Two months later, Maryland Governor Harry Hughes seized temporary control of 102 institutions after a similar panic developed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Year of Big Splashes | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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