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Vellucci once drove to New Haven for the Harvard-Yale football game and found his way to the Bulldogs’ locker room to deliver a beat-Harvard pep talk...

Author: By Susanne C. Chock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Cambridge Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci Dies | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

REAL RAY GUNS Further out on the horizon, the line between weapons development and science fiction becomes perilously thin. Mission Research Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif., is working on a pulsed energy projectile (PEP) that superheats the surface moisture around a target so rapidly that it literally explodes, producing a bright flash of light and a loud bang. The effect is like a stun grenade, but unlike a grenade the PEP travels at nearly the speed of light and can take out a target with pinpoint accuracy. Or picture this: a flashlight-size device, currently in development at HSV Technologies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond the Rubber Bullet | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

...REAL RAY GUNS Further out on the horizon, the line between weapons development and science fiction becomes perilously thin. Mission Research Corp. of Santa Barbara, Calif., is working on a pulsed energy projectile (PEP) that superheats the surface moisture around a target so rapidly that it literally explodes, producing a bright flash of light and a loud bang. The effect is like a stun grenade, but unlike a grenade the pep travels at nearly the speed of light and can take out a target with pinpoint accuracy. Or picture this: a flashlight-size device, currently in development at HSV Technologies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond the Rubber Bullet | 7/21/2002 | See Source »

...Koreans who joined pep squads for non-Korean teams 10,000 Journalists accredited to cover the World Cup 1,072 Football hooligans banned from leaving Britain 736 Players who participated in the World Cup finals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Players who are moving up... | 7/1/2002 | See Source »

Talk about divine inspiration. Twenty-eight army recruits stood at attention at a swearing-in ceremony on May 6, each holding his weapon - a combination of spear and battle ax called a halberd - and listening intently to the boss' pep talk. "I hope that despite the heaviness of your service you will live this time of mission as a deepening of your faith," he said. Of course, not many armies can boast that their commander is Pope John Paul II, the peace-loving head of the Roman Catholic Church. And in an era of drab, utilitarian uniforms, few recruits start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keepers of the Faith | 5/26/2002 | See Source »

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