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...bubble over the U.S., and that would be followed by a bubble over the Soviet Union. If we can't threaten to strike the Soviet Union, we Europeans are going to be out in the cold." While the London Standard headlined its worry over REAGAN'S RAY-GUNS, the Times engaged in soberer hyperbole, calling the initiative "one of the most fundamental switches in American policy since the second World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Reagan for the Defense | 3/21/2008 | See Source »

...SupremeCourt ruled in favor of legal homerecording, setting an important precedentthat helps protect more moderntechnologies like digital video recording.VHS is dead now, though, and its opticalreplacement, the DVD, lies on thedoorstep of electronic obscurity thanksto the rise of high-defi nition video formats.Sony’s Blu-ray DVD and Toshiba’sHD-DVD formats recently waged a battleto inherit the home theater.Sony announced in January 2007 thatit would prohibit U.S. adult fi lms frombeing distributed in Blu-ray. Yet despitethe popularity of porn, Toshiba lost themost recent format war when it announcedon Feb. 19 that it would...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Costs and Benefits of the High-Def War | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...Thursday, a "low-order" explosive device was detonated on the Times Square traffic island bounded by 43rd and 44th Streets, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. No one was injured and no suspects have been apprehended. "This was not a particularly sophisticated device," said New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who cautioned the explosive was nonetheless "capable of causing injury or death." At a news conference, Kelly brandished an unassuming green ammunition container - readily available, he said, in military supply stores - similar to that which held the crudely fashioned bomb. He said witnesses placed a hooded man with a backpack riding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does New York Have a Serial Bomber? | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...last few months was all fast-tracking since Harvard needed that building,” said Ray Mellone, who chairs the mayor-appointed task force of Allston residents. “But now that we have time to think about the new phase, we have the opportunity to shape the community...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Post Science Complex, Allston Residents Want More Voice | 2/28/2008 | See Source »

...still a surreal feeling,” Everett said. “I am very honored to be associated with her.” Everett, a bass trombonist, has had an accomplished career, playing with the Bolshoi Ballet, the Boston Pops, and the bands of Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Charles, and Tommy Dorsey. But the lure of teaching brought the Grammy-nominated conductor to Harvard in 1971 to serve as director of the University band. “Teaching allowed me to balance my career as a professional musician with my love for sharing knowledge with others,” Everett...

Author: By Michael J Ding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Band Director's Teaching Honored | 2/27/2008 | See Source »

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