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Radcliffe was unable to retain control of the Class of 1999 Cup, which it had snatched from the Tigers last year when it broke Princeton’s 10-race winning streak against the Black and White...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Heavyweight Crew Heavies Easily Breezes By BU, MIT | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

...from the start. Homes in the three-year-old BedZED development, for instance, are south facing and fronted by conservatories to capture natural heat and light. There's no need for central heating because thick brick walls are heavily insulated, and windows are double- and triple-glazed, helping to retain the heat produced by domestic activities such as cooking. As a result, fuel bills can be as little as 10% of those for traditional houses of similar size. Lighting is low energy, too, and water-saving washing machines and low-flush toilets are standard. Solar panels can also recharge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power to the People | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...government was milking the harbor as a tax cow, it missed what was happening elsewhere in the world. As shipping moved from downtown wharves to purpose-built container ports, old cities discovered that their weedy waterfronts could be reworked into the sort of environments that would attract?and retain?both tourist dollars and the creative minds that give a place fizz. From Boston to Bilbao, from Singapore to Sydney?even, for heaven's sake, in Liverpool, the ultimate rusted-up port?city planners have remade harbors into lively, people-friendly places full of restaurants, design studios and cultural attractions. "Waterfronts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Lose a Harbor | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

Nuclear arms reductions and space-based defenses are, of course, the biggest issues, but there are many other important ones that are hardly less contentious. For example: chemical weapons, which the U.S. has proposed banning, while the Soviets want to retain existing stockpiles; and nuclear testing, which the Soviets have offered to suspend totally, while the U.S. insists that such a moratorium would be unverifiable. However, should the two sides wish to demonstrate that they can agree on something, there are a few possibilities. They could, for example, issue a strong statement on nuclear nonproliferation, a topic on which they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geneva:The Whole World Will Be Watching | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...weren’t exactly ideal—a mediocre high of 51 degrees with a brisk wind. Luckily, the Radcliffe women’s heavyweight crew was enjoying a road trip to a much more temperate climate, and took full advantage of the impeccable Syracuse weather conditions to retain the O’Leary Cup with open-water victories over Dartmouth and Syracuse on Saturday at Onondaga Lake...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Heavyweight Crew Cruises to O’Leary Cup Win | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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