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...going to Sanibel Island, Florida, with my three roommates, and we're going to stay at my roommate's place there," said Elizabeth E. Schiamberg '99. "We were going to go on a cruise, but my mother was afraid the boat was going to sink...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Breaks Away | 1/23/1998 | See Source »

...became Grove's mentor as CEO of Intel) believed you could store those charges with an integrated circuit made by sandwiching metal oxide and silicon into an electrical circuit called an MOS transistor. Unlike trickier semiconductors, silicon is both a wonderful conductor of electrical charges and a nearly bottomless sink for heat, meaning it doesn't melt down as you push electrons under its surface at nearly light speed. Because it is made from refined sand, silicon is abundant as the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANDREW GROVE: A SURVIVOR'S TALE | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...Amistad learning kit for himself. It had been sent to the school by overnight mail from DreamWorks, and the whole history department was aflutter. The graphics were compelling, the subject matter gripping, but as Henry sat in the faculty lounge carefully perusing the glossy pages, his heart began to sink. He could see his upcoming vacation unraveling with every page--victim to the unbearable lightness of a Hollywood learning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMISTAD IS IMPORTANT. DISCUSS | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...Pats Sink Marino and Dolphins Another "next year" for Dan Marino: Jimmy Johnson's Dolphins flounder in Foxboro, fall to the Patriots. The callow Giants fumble one over to the Vikings. Denver exorcises the ghost of Jags past. And Tampa Bay muffles one co-MVP, Barry Sanders, for their first playoff win in 18 years. Next up for the Bucs: the other co-, Brett Farve. Full Coverage in CNN/SI

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

...Clinton's calculated caution will disappoint Republicans, for whom Kyoto has already become the first real battleground of the 2000 election (not to mention the '98 budget and midterms). For the first time since Fred Thompson's hearings disbanded, the GOP smells blood ? and its best chance to sink some teeth into the Vice President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton's Kyoto Caution | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

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