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...Crimson offense has notably struggled over the past four games, but the team understands that it is up to them and only them to ramp up the scoring...

Author: By Theodore E. Skowronski, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Can't Find Offense in Difficult Road Defeat | 9/29/2005 | See Source »

...sites, I-Neighbors org and MeetTheNeighbors org want to use the Internet not as an on-ramp to the information superhighway but as a way to help you learn a little more about your street. Launched by M.I.T. professor Keith Hampton, INeighbors.org allows users to create a home page for their community that others can access by registering. Members advise one another about local services such as the best plumbers or baby sitters or spread the word about changes in local government. By registering for MeetTheNeighbors.org a site run by Jared Nissim, a New York City--based Web entrepreneur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Crossing the Virtual Street | 9/26/2005 | See Source »

...operational chops to succeed longtime CEO Jorma Ollila next June. But the landscape is far different from the one Ollila dealt with: cell phones are ubiquitous, sales are slowing, and margins are thinning. Nokia needs more cutting-edge products, as its two closest rivals, Motorola and Samsung, ramp up their attacks. Still, Kallasvuo is a good bet to answer that call. --By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People to Watch in International Business | 8/25/2005 | See Source »

Most of the debris came from a nettlesome area of the tank known as the protuberance air load (PAL) ramp, a ridge designed to minimize turbulence around cables and fuel lines. Tests and earlier flights convinced NASA that the PAL could withstand lift-off. "Obviously," says flight operations manager John Shannon, "we were wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why NASA Can't Get It Right | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

...FOAM DEBRIS The biggest chunk was 2 to 3 ft. wide (0.6 to 0.9 m), about 1 ft. long (0.3 m) and up to 8 in. (20 cm) thick; it probably weighed 0.9 lbs. (0.4 kg), about half the size of the piece that downed Columbia ?THE TROUBLESOME RAMP Most of the falling bits came from the so-called PAL ramp, a ridge of hand-sprayed foam designed to protect fuel lines from buffeting on takeoff ?EXTERNAL FUEL TANK The tank, 154 ft. (47 m) tall and 27.6 ft. (8.4 m) wide, carries 535,000 gal. (2 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why NASA Can't Get It Right | 8/1/2005 | See Source »

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