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...peak, the club had about ten members. “We were extremely exclusive,” reminisces Chevalier...
...businesses running for many hours after sunset in the winter. What can we do to keep the air a little cleaner and our deficits a little lighter? A 2001 study by the California Energy Commission showed that observing Daylight Saving Time year round would cut winter electricity use at peak times by 3.4 percent—a really impressive statistic because it is limited by fixed electricity uses such as running household appliances. The modest amounts of energy conserved by setting clocks forward add up in the long...
...mail that the unexpected increase was prompted mainly by the endowment’s strong fourth-quarter performance last year. The endowment soared 12.5 percent from $17.5 billion last July to a record $19.3 billion this July, but it remains 11 percent short of its real peak at $19.1 billion in the 2000 Fiscal Year...
Behold the Monsoon, one of a trio of snazzy umbrellas at chiasso.com (see Accessories under the watch icon). Slow Flow, our second favorite, sports green squiggly lines. A 6volt light bulb at the pole's peak takes four...
...current condition of the MAC should be an embarrassment to the administration. It is certainly unacceptable to the students who use it on a regular basis. At peak times—as everyone, of course, knows—there are long lines just to use weights or treadmills. The swimming pool is dark and dingy, and the changing rooms redefine the word skuzzy. The red brick building may appear stately from the outside, but the structure is fundamentally unsuited—in its current configuration, at least—for a modern gym. The MAC is, in short, better suited...