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...flow of soccer, the constant scoring of basketball, or the explosiveness of football to baseball and its subtler charms. In the way of counter-argument, I present the idyllic settings of ballparks, the tactical nuance that goes into every strategic decision, and the unmatched tension of a ninth-inning nail-biter. Sadly, all of these elements were absent from Harvard’s Sunday doubleheader with Columbia. The vista beyond the fences of O’Donnell Field is nothing to marvel at. With a cruel gust blowing in off the Charles, it was cold and I was underdressed...
TIME's report on my generation's multitasking [March 27] hit the nail on the head. I can get so absorbed in Facebook, e-mail, TV and iTunes that when I'm home from college, I forget I have a family downstairs. By the way, I turned off my TV and shut down my computer in the middle of reading your article, and I will be mailing it home for the rest of my family to read...
...Tsitsikamma's treetops by strapping themselves onto a web of steel cables threaded through the forest canopy. Biologists studying the flora and fauna in the Costa Rican cloud- and rain-forest canopies invented the system in the 1980s. It's an adventure that is eco-friendly?not one nail or bolt is drilled into a tree, as the whole system is held together with tension and leverage forces. The highest point is 30 m above the ground, and you can reach speeds of up to 50 km/h. And if you're after a bit of wildlife to go with your...
...Security in the Global Market Columnist Joe Klein's "It's Economic Security, Stupid" [March 13] hit the nail on the head. The U.S. response to the now defunct Dubai Ports deal was a global public-relations nightmare. Although I agree with Klein that a "drastically revised social safety net for American workers" would ease the collective American insecurities and provide a more rational and less emotional view of the growing global economy, I don't see that becoming a reality anytime soon. Universal health insurance and government-subsidized pensions smack of socialism and would inevitably draw protest, even from...
...Tsitsikamma's treetops by strapping themselves onto a web of steel cables threaded through the forest canopy. Biologists studying the flora and fauna in the Costa Rican cloud- and rain-forest canopies invented the system in the 1980s. It's an adventure that is eco-friendly - not one nail or bolt is drilled into a tree, as the whole system is held together with tension and leverage forces. The highest point is 30m above the ground, and you can reach speeds of up to 50km/h. And if you're after a bit of wildlife to go with your whooping...