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...heart. Carmat (for Carpentier and Matra) is backed by EADS and a Paris-based private equity firm called Truffle Capital, plus $33 million from a French agency funding innovation. If the marriage of cardiac research and high-tech avionics sounds quirky to some, Carpentier says it's a natural match - the durability of his artificial heart depends on some of the same materials and technologies that keep planes in the sky for thousands of high-stress hours...
Each of the three teams vying for the title will find itself in a precarious position on Saturday. If Harvard wins its match against Columbia, the champion is decided; however, if the game does not go according to plan, things could get complicated...
...Crimson would have won the championship had it won its prior match against Dartmouth last Saturday, but the Crimson could only draw the Big Green 1-1 in a fierce contest that went into two overtimes...
...sitcom director couldn’t have cast a better set of characters: There was Bush, the prodigal-son-turned-born-again with a characteristic smirk and a penchant for butchering the English language; Cheney, with all the charm of a superhero villain and the mannerisms to match; and the entire gang—from Rumsfeld to Ashcroft, Rove to Gonzalez—each with his own set of laughable, unlovable idiosyncrasies...
Sixty-five percent of Massachusetts voters cast their ballots in favor of decriminalizing possession of less than 1 oz. of marijuana. Possession of small quantities of pot will now be punishable by a $100 civil fine. Backers of the initiative said the goal was to match the offense with a more appropriate punishment, but critics, including the state's attorney general and Governor Deval Patrick, worry that decriminalizing possession will increase drug consumption and possibly lead to more automobile and workplace accidents by people under the influence...