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...list. City Air Pollution Index (lower is better) Cambridge: 75 New Haven: 96 Edge: Harvard; our lungs. City Property Crime Risk (lower is better) Cambridge: 102 New Haven: 255 Edge: Harvard; people stealing in New Haven; people who own things at Harvard. So, there we have it: conclusive, empirical proof that Harvard is top-shelf, while Yale is somewhere in the middle shelves, maybe even in the musty pantry in the basement. We have more books, more land, cleaner air, a block on the Supreme Court, and so many Nobel Prize winners, we don’t know what...
...partisan, because the decision to keep Plan B off the shelves was made by the highest-ranking members of the FDA before the scientific reviews were complete. In response to the GAO’s allegations, the FDA said that they did indeed base their decision on scientific proof. Dr. Steven Galson, director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research—the internal organization which rejected the Plan B application—said that he issued a “non-approvable” letter concerning the drug because only 29 of 585 participants in a study...
...producing a round of "elevator diplomacy" between Israeli and Palestinian delegations ensconced on different floors of the hotel. While she waited for one group to go and the next to arrive, Rice, full of nervous energy, paced the hall, popping in on junior staffers as they typed or proof-read. ?Condi never got tired, never lost her edge or here sense of humor,? says a State Department negotiator. By 4:30 am the parties had agreed in principle. Rice allowed herself a two-hour nap, then went back into meetings until the six-page agreement was ready for release, shortly...
Pumped And Ready Inventor: Cam Brensinger Availability: Now, $395 for two-person Hypno tent To Learn More: nemoequipment.com Tired of fumbling with tent poles as the sun goes down at some campsite in the woods? Nemo Equipment's inflatable tent has two supporting beams that are virtually pop-proof and are inflated with a foot pump to give the tent a rigid structure without aluminum poles. Designed by Cam Brensinger, a consultant for a NASA project designing spacesuits for Mars, the Nemo tents bring aerospace technology to the great outdoors. The company says the tents can be erected in less...
Being an inventor has never been easy -- just ask anyonewho's spent a lifetime chasing the next great brainstorm. But when you dream up something truly grand, it can make all the false starts and trial runs worth the trouble. For proof of that, you need merely ask the creators of the 40 examples of inventive genius featured in this week's issue. TIME has spent more than six months surveying fields as diverse as electronics, aeronautics, medical technology, sports equipment, toys, clothing and food looking for the newest--and most inspired--ideas of the year...