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...What do you think is going to happen on earth in this decade?" asks Marsic. "We will be able to travel to new solar systems and discover new planets." As scientific advances increase, humans, like the Elohim, "will be able to design new organisms from scratch," he says. "I?m sure some day some people from earth will go to another planet and create new life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Are the Raelians? | 1/4/2003 | See Source »

Responding to six months of tears, protests and threats from parents and teachers, the Cambridge School Committee last night saved two elementary schools from shutting down and decided to start from scratch on a new plan for school closures...

Author: By Claire A. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vote Saves Two Local Schools, Delays Closures | 12/18/2002 | See Source »

...concluded that the groups’ reactions were so negative that scrapping the Let’s Go brand altogether and starting from scratch might be in the company’s best interest...

Author: By Christine M. Delucia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: With New Look, Let’s Go Guides Hit Shelves | 12/3/2002 | See Source »

Movie theaters have always been entertainment sanctuaries: dark rooms, comfy chairs, a cozy environment devoid of annoying commercials. Oops! Scratch the part about the commercials. Premovie ads, which used to draw boos when one or two would pop up before the coming attractions, seem to be multiplying by the week. National Cinema Network, a company that places commercials on a third of U.S. movie screens, reports a 48% increase in prefilm-commercial sales over the past year. The ads, which run from 15 to 90 seconds, are the current darlings of the ad world, in part because they seem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Zapping These Commercials | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...Aside from planned weekend gatherings, the croquet society also has spontaneous night-time events, most of which occur around 3 a.m. “We’ve got an itching for croquet,” says Black, “and we’ve got to scratch...

Author: By Seth H. Robinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Wicket Good Time | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

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