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...they go right, you never see them. They have to go wrong. I'm pretty proud of the one in the movie where I ride a rocket like Wile E. Coyote and it explodes. A foot-long rod shot out of the side. If it had been four inches to the right it would have gone through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 2, 2006 | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...like a fullback when he left his home in Micronesia to join the Army. Now he was hunched in a wheelchair, a thick neck and broad shoulders the only reminder of his once muscular body. He had lost his left hand and both legs above the knee to a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Lost My Hand But Found Myself | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...personal stories and continuously updating them. In mid-November, she walked in on Sergeant Heath Calhoun on his first day on the ward. He was sobbing in the arms of his wife and questioning how he could survive after both of his legs had been blown off by a rocket-propelled grenade. Though uncomfortable at first, Katie stuck around to console the 24-year-old Ranger, and from that day on followed each phase of his recovery. When he was on furlough and had to bounce on his butt up a flight of stairs to check on his crying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Angels of Ward 57 | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...drier tailgate had been developed is beyond me.By its sins of omission, the College has once again shot itself in the foot. Perhaps this time, as it tries to stop the bleeding, University Hall will realize that putting a positive spin on unfortunate news is anything but rocket science.Adam Goldenberg ’08, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: Speak No Evil | 9/21/2006 | See Source »

...notion of hydrogen-powered cars becomes more appealing. Hydrogen provides a tremendous boom for its bang: burning hydrogen releases more energy per pound of fuel than any other material on earth. Spurred by the key invention of the fuel cell, which allows for a controlled consumption instead of a rocket-launching burn, automobile manufacturers have developed concepts for hydrogen-powered cars, touting their vehicles as the future of transportation. Last week, for instance, General Motors announced that it will place 100 hydrogen-fueled cars on the road next year, with the hope of increasing that number...

Author: By Matthew S. Meisel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Our Hangup with Hydrogen | 9/20/2006 | See Source »

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