Word: massing
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...1960s. “Seven eighths of that never gets to the wheels—it is lost in the engine idling. And only the last six percent accelerates the car and hits the brake when you stop.” According to Lovins, combining low mass and drag in cars with advanced propulsion not only provides a cheap way to save two thirds of the fuel needed but also yields a better performance. Lovins argued that the problem is not a lack of energy-efficient technology in transportation, but rather a dearth of knowledge on the part of companies...
...gloom for the endowment, with a forecasted 30-percent drop for the fiscal year ending in June 2009. At the same time, current estimates call for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to make next year’s budget about $200 million thinner. In other words, add Mass. Ave. to the cliché about Wall Street and Main Street. Faust’s original letter sounded hopeful yet sober, and we feel the same. For all our complaints and cynicism, universities are in the business of helping people through constant growth—whether it be the creation...
...Francisco Salvation Army captain started the first kettle fundraising drive in 1891 and by 1897, the program was running nationwide; that year, it helped provide Christmas meals to more than 100,000 people. In 1901, the first of many mass sit-down Christmas dinners at Madison Square Garden was funded by kettle donations. Despite occasional bans over the years on kettle set-ups outside stores and malls, which sometimes prohibit the bell ringers on the grounds that they block foot traffic and invite others to solicit at entryways, the Salvation Army says it raised $118 million through the program...
...worst, Cambridge business owners said they were pleasantly surprised at the number of shoppers on Friday. One early report suggested that national sales had increased only 3 percent from last year, and all local business owners acknowledged feeling the effects of the slowing economy. At the Adidas Store on Mass. Ave., where employees handed out coupons mimicking back-stage passes that offered passers-by the chance to win gift certificates, managers were decidedly bleak about business prospects. “Not well,” said Assistant Manager Maria S. Lacuesta when asked how Black Friday sales at the boutique...
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.—Harvard was out-hustled and out-muscled on Friday afternoon in its first non-conference game at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, losing 5-1 to No. 5 Boston College (8-4-1. 5-3-1 Hockey East). The defending NCAA Champions played an aggressive game before a cheering sellout crowd, taking yet another road-win from the Crimson (4-4-2, 4-3-2 ECAC), which remains undefeated at home but has yet to win away from the Bright Hockey Center. The teams seemed evenly matched up until the third period...