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...alternative, though, is what we have now: Serbs slaughter and starve Bosnian Muslims daily, immigration officials in Florida deny asylum to Haitians fleeing political persecution, Harvard students shamelessly rig elections, and many readers pick up their newspaper and read about these things and shrug and say, essentially, "What do you expect?" and "Who am I to judge...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: A Parting Shot: The Moral Sense at Harvard | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

Solar power was an exotic new technology when John Schaeffer graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972 and helped start a primitive commune in the woods of northern California. But he was a tinkerer, and in his spare time he managed to rig up a solar-powered television set so he wouldn't have to miss his favorite shows. Soon Schaeffer was selling solar panels to his fellow urban refugees at a time when, he recalls, "only dope growers could afford them." Today Schaeffer's beard has become a white goatee, and his Real Goods Trading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes the Sun | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...triangular-shaped hypersonic jet fueled by liquid methane and capable of cruising at Mach 8 (5,280 m.p.h.), 2 1/2 times the world record. Jane's key piece of evidence: the report of an aircraft- recognition expert who actually saw the plane fly over a North Sea oil rig three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spy in the Sky | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...Sunday, council member Marc D. McKay '94 called for the impeachment of Vice Chair Maya G. Prabhu '94, charging her with trying to rig the election against him and his co-candidate, Spyros Poulios...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council May Retain Handwriting Analyst | 10/28/1992 | See Source »

Harvard Business School officials are currently investigating a student's alleged attempt to rig the elections of the school's prestigious Finance Club Last week...

Author: By Dan E. Markel, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: MBA Student Allegedly Rigs B-School Club Vote | 4/14/1992 | See Source »

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