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When Manning was helping design the two rovers now operating on Mars, he was faced with a problem of how to sever electrical cables so that the surface-bound vehicles could separate from their delivery craft. Rules require that power be shut down before the cables are cut in order to prevent a short, but there was insufficient space inside the ship for all the electrical relays to do that job. Manning's team designed a fix that he thought would sidestep the problem, but when he tried it out in tests, it failed--as the people who drafted...
...Coming in all week long we knew if we shut down Dawson, that’s a big part of their offense," Lehigh middle linebacker Anthony Graziani said. "He’s a great running back and I don’t know if he was a little banged up or what...
...cracked down and did what we needed to do." Although Harvard’s offense may have had a sluggish start, the defense continued to improve its play with the addition of freshman Jay Connolly in goal. "We were really happy only giving up one goal," Garicia said. "We shut them down the whole time. Jay was playing really well and we were pressing in on defense." Now that the Crimson is well into its season, its newfound success can be partly attributed to the freshmen who have settled into their roles on the team. "The freshmen are stepping...
...same year that Lenk (the sculptor, not the actor), was born, Hitler shut down the progressive Bauhaus art school, which sought to produce high-end but cheap functional architecture and consumer goods. For the next three months, the Busch-Reisinger’s collection of Bauhaus work will be featured in a special online-only display, “Extra Ordinary Every Day,” at artmuseums.harvard.edu...
...Harvard field hockey team, goals have proved increasingly hard to come by. Over its last four games, the Crimson (5-3) has found the back of the cage just twice while being shut out three times...