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They also noted his famed Ec-10 review sessions, which have been known to pack lecture halls within the Science Center...

Author: By Alexander B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Honors Outstanding Teaching With Levenson Awards | 4/26/2001 | See Source »

Junichiro Koizumi is set to be Japan's next prime minister after shaking up the creaky but formidable Liberal Democratic party machinery with what in Japan passes for a populist revolt. The 59-year-old with tousled hair and a fondness for rock music promises to revamp the LDP, pack his cabinet with fresh faces, force some bitter medicine on Japan's ailing banks and - if necessary - send Japan into recessionary shock in order to save...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Koizumi Conquer All? | 4/24/2001 | See Source »

...Later this year trials are expected to begin on a device - smaller than a cigarette pack - designed to produce this effect on demand. For those of my gender now sniveling, shriveling and about to book in for a sex change: wait! Let's read behind the headlines here. The lady didn't say, "You're going to have to patent a gadget to do that." No, she thought at once of her good old husband and maybe raising his game a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Ultimate Turn-On | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...directly affect life here on earth, including a robotic arm that is now being used in coronary and other intrusive surgeries. The use of the arm reduces the healing and recovery time needed by patients and lowers healthcare costs. NASA also produced a device called the Supercritical Air Mobility Pack that allows firefighters and hazardous materials workers to be able to breathe longer with a greater margin of safety during emergency situations. In addition to these more technical innovations, NASA has brought us commonly-used products like Tang, Velcro and the Astronaut...

Author: By Ganesh N. Sitaraman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fewer Small Steps, More Giant Leaps | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

Want to give yourself a really good headache? One of those lie-down-in-a-dark-room-with-an-ice-pack-on-the-forehead affairs? Try installing two brand-new operating systems on two different computers at the same time. Nothing causes cranial pain more quickly, as I discovered when I got my hands on the two pieces of software that will soon rule our lives: Windows XP and Mac OS X (pronounced oh-ess ten). These are the next-generation operating systems for PCs and Macs, respectively. Windows XP, to be released later this year, is currently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Works in Progress | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

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