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That turned out to be Samper, who took the rubber game 9-4, saving several points with shots off the back wall...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: M. Squash Can't Halt Trinity's Streak | 1/26/2004 | See Source »

...completed this year. The resulting glut in a time of recession has forced operators to slash prices to fill berths. Add in the facts that the QM2 is making her maiden voyage at a time when terrorists can punch a hole in a U.S. destroyer with a rubber raft full of explosives (as they did to the U.S.S. Cole in 2000), Americans are still skittish about foreign travel, and a traveler can fly between London and New York City in six hours for $300--one has to wonder if there will be enough customers to make the same journey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Queen of the Sea | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

Gold is trading at more than $400 an ounce for the first time in nearly eight years, and industrial commodities like nickel, rubber and cotton just had their fifth highest annual price gain as measured by the Journal of Commerce--Economic Cycle Research Institute index, which began in 1949. How can individual investors profit from the rush? Analysts don't recommend esoteric futures and options, which are subject to vagaries like war and weather. A more prudent option, analysts say, is buying stock in companies that supply copper and tin, or an exchange-traded fund like the Materials Select Sector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Golden Years For Commodities | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

...After the initial climatic shock - it helps to remove as much clothing as you decently can - you find yourself surrounded by giant trees with twisted roots, rubber plants sprouting bell-shaped flowers, raffia palms, orchids and periwinkles. As you pass a large tortoise lurking under a fern and shriek at a fruit bat flying over your head, you may wonder whether you are still in Zurich. And that's how the zoo's director, Alex Rübel, intended it. Opened in June 2003, after a decade of planning and construction, the j33.5 million project boasts such high-tech features...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jungle Fever | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

...After the initial climatic shock-it helps to remove as much clothing as you decently can-you find yourself surrounded by giant trees with twisted roots, rubber plants sprouting bell-shaped flowers, raffia palms, orchids and periwinkles. As you pass a large tortoise hovering under a fern and shriek at a fruit bat flying over your head, you may wonder whether you are still in Zurich. And that's how the zoo's director, Alex R?bel, intended it. Opened in June 2003, after a decade of planning and construction, the j33.5 million project boasts such high-tech features as light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jungle Fever | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

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