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...somewhat arbitrary even by those who set them. (Recall how tire-safety standards, set 30 years ago, proved inadequate to protect consumers from the recent Firestone fiasco.) There's not even agreement on how to determine whether a cell phone really lives up to the standards. And while companies possess the technology to lower radiation sharply, they fear that marketing safety forcefully would only cause alarm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buzzing About Safety | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...would encourage them to be more vocal about their convictions than they perhaps have been in the past," says Jeffrey A. Letalien '01, a longtime council member who managed the Barkley campaign. "They both possess a quiet competence but would be well served by expressing themselves...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gusmorino, Lee Prepare to Take the Wheel | 1/5/2001 | See Source »

More than ever, the only constant in modern life is change. By the time we get around to reading the manual, we know that the offer of an upgrade will already be in the mail. Our expectation that whatever we possess is doomed to obsolescence has become relentless. And yet invention still comes as a constant surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inventors & Inventions | 12/4/2000 | See Source »

...guns to kids--all of which have led to a decrease in both adult crime (down 14 percent) and juvenile crime (down 17 percent) during his tenure as governor. Bush's goals on gun control are simple rather than depriving law-abiding citizens the right to legally and safely possess a firearm, we must enforce our current laws that restrict criminals access to weapons...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: A Sensible Perspective of Gun Control | 11/30/2000 | See Source »

Despite Vermont's two disappointing non-conference losses, the Cats still possess a narrow one-point lead over the Crimson...

Author: By Rob Cacace, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Stays in Second Place In ECACs | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

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