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showdown with Niagara netminder, Tania Pinelli. Kauth faked right and Pinelli was fooled, allowing the captain to easily slide the puck by the goalie's pad for the score...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dartmouth Clarifies its Position at the Top | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...anything." This has to be the single most common complaint about Harvard's student governing body, and one that I have encountered repeatedly when talking to fellow undergraduates. The widespread perception on campus is that we pay $20 so that a select group of students can further pad their resumes...

Author: By Geoffrey F. Reed, | Title: An Endowment for All | 12/12/2000 | See Source »

...Urging kids to take a breather appears to be both welcome and wise, but surely telling kids to plan their time off to this extent could be more than a little counterproductive. After all, could there would be nothing worse than a generation of kids who pad their resumes with "just the right amount" of down time? And, I'd imagine, nothing worse for admission officers than essay after essay about a relaxing and enlightening year off spent conducting mineralogical research in Zimbabwe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Overscheduled Student | 12/9/2000 | See Source »

...David Gilmour, 60, a patient with back problems, came to the office of physiatrist Ed Kois and told him he wanted to climb a mountain. Kois told Gilmour he was crazy, but Kois, Gilmour and Cummings started working on the Back Balancer, a 10-in.-wide oval-shaped pad that, when retrofitted to a normal backpack, acts as a spine-supporting brace. The pad pulls on the abdomen, creating a hydraulic lift to save wear on back muscles. Kois' patient raved about the device, and outdoor outfitter Kelty snatched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will They Think Of Next? | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

INTERNET FOR DUMMIES INVENTOR: MYSMART.COM There are people who still don't know how to use the Internet. Online stock-trading firms everywhere feel it is vital to get these folks online. Mysmart.com's smart mouse-pad system is the See 'n Say of Internet browsing. Icons on the mouse pad point the way (mainly to e-commerce sites) for those who just can't deal with Netscape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will They Think Of Next? | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

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