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Mariucci's 200 foot by 100 foot sheet of ice—Olympic-sized, as opposed to the Crimson's 204 by 87—was cited as a possible hindrance to Harvard before the game. Following the game, all affiliated with the Crimson refused that excuse. But, Lederman later added, "they didn't tell us the posts were bigger out here...
Unlike the Crimson, owners of a 204 foot by 87 foot sheet of ice, the No. 1 Golden Gophers (13-4-0, 9-3-0 WCHA)—the tournament’s hosts and one of two possible Harvard opponents on Thursday—skate on an Olympic-sized rink, measuring 200 feet by 100 feet...
...most public airing of a concern that has spread among soldiers serving in Iraq and their families as the death toll has climbed: Is the U.S. sending troops into the line of fire without the means to protect themselves? The Pentagon has treated reports of equipment shortages--troops' hammering sheet metal onto humvees or asking their families to send bulletproof vests--as isolated kinks in the military supply chain. But last week, in response to Specialist Wilson, military officials were forced to acknowledge an unsettling reality: the U.S. has nowhere near the number of armored humvees in Iraq required...
...rebuild a war-torn nation--neither of which can be accomplished in 70-ton M1 tanks. Instead, commanders turned to the successor to the jeep, the 20-year-old High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), as the humvee is officially known. With canvas doors and a skimpy skin of sheet metal, most humvees are designed to move small numbers of troops quickly. After a 1993 mine blast killed four U.S. soldiers in Somalia in their thin-skinned humvee, the Army began buying armored versions for deployment to hot spots like the Balkans. But neither the U.S. Army nor the Bush...
...supplies that keep you party pretty. Cosmetics companies are coming to the rescue with packaging that supplies a single serving of makeup. Cargo's DailyGloss comes in individual-use bubbles, and with a mini-roll of blush paper that holds a sweep of color in each disposable sheet, Flirt! Rollerblush helps you do away with the need to carry a brush. Just tear and apply...