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...technically within its rights to opine on this sort of issue, it is irresponsible for it to do so, in its current form. We elect UC representatives without the foggiest notion of where they stand on important issues like Harvard employees’ wages, expecting them to rubber stamp our party grant applications and sell us tickets to successfully-organized events. What advocacy we expect them to do is wholly within the realm of undergraduate life at Harvard—on questions like the Harvard College Curricular Review, the development of a new campus in Allston, and the extension...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, | Title: The Perfect Storm | 11/18/2005 | See Source »

...south along the Somali coast just over a week ago. Most of the 312 people aboard--151 passengers and 161 crew members--were asleep; the boat was expected in Mombasa, Kenya, that afternoon. Then, out of the gloom, came a burst of gunfire. Passengers later said they saw inflatable rubber boats speeding toward the Spirit, each carrying four or five men dressed in black and armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. As the pirates drew closer, they began unloading their weapons onto the 439-ft.-long, seven-deck cruise ship. Passengers scrambled to a central lounge for safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horror on the High Seas | 11/14/2005 | See Source »

Airing It Out Inventor: Michelin Availability: Now for the IBOT; about 2020 for cars To Learn More: michelinman.com A wheel without an inflated tire may seem old-fashioned - think wooden buggy wheels - but the Tweel from Michelin is anything but retro. A shock-absorbing rubber tread band distributes pressure to dozens of flexible polyurethane spokes. The spokes in turn are supported by an aluminum center. Because the Tweel is airless, it is more rugged than a pneumatic tire and never goes flat. The Tweel has been tested on the IBOT robotic wheelchair and military vehicles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: Roll With It | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...Learn More: www.yamano-music.com Traveling musicians, rejoice! With keys just an eighth of an inch thick, the 2-lb., 61-key Hand Roll Piano rolls up like a blanket and spreads out to about 3 ft. in length. Incorporating technology used in remote-control buttons and touch panels, the silicone-rubber keyboard, which has a built-in speaker, can be played for up to 15 hours on four AA batteries. But it's no lightweight. The Hand Roll comes with a set of 128 tones (from acoustic piano to bird tweet), 100 rhythms, 20 prerecorded demo songs and a speaker jack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions 2005: On The Move | 11/13/2005 | See Source »

...decades, the Court has been rubber-stamping human rights violations,” Li wrote. “[This] ultimately benefits...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Israeli Judge Speaks to Critical Crowd | 11/10/2005 | See Source »

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