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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this year's Best Inventions package, green innovations dominate the selection in a way that no single category has ever done in the 10 years we've been making this list. There's a smart thermostat, solar shingles, the new Philips lightbulb, the edible race car, electric bacteria, lots of electric vehicles and farm-raised bluefin tuna. The remarkable ingenuity shown in the hunt for new materials and products that don't stress the environment is reflected in our list, once again ably edited by senior writer Lev Grossman. One glowing exception to the trend is our invention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inventing Our Age | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...didn’t beat ourselves, but we tied ourselves to a certain extent,” Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “We got to learn how to play smart in the third period but maintain our aggressiveness and our pressure on them...the concern is we got to play a complete hockey game...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Frustrated by Tie, Can’t End Winless Streak | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...size of New Moon's boodle left the industry's box-office handicappers flummoxed. Like crazed billionaires trying to outbid one another for an evening with Angelina Jolie, they kept jacking up their weekend estimates as New Moon broke record upon record, day by day. On Thursday the smart money was on a $100 million opening; on Friday the ante was raised to $120 million, and on Saturday they finally got it right. Of course, the $140.7 million is simply another estimate: Summit Pictures' Sunday-morning guess at Sunday evening's take. The real number, released tomorrow afternoon, could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Twilight Sequel New Moon Sets Records at the Box Office | 11/22/2009 | See Source »

...told the crowd, "This is our university. We can sleep here if we want." Speaking to TIME, Okwandu said the $2,500 tuition increase will be a major problem for many students. "Some of my friends won't be here next quarter. Before it was a question of how smart you were. Now, it's do you have enough money to pay for school." Veronica Hernandez, who grew up in East LA and attends UC Riverside, said, "It took a long time for minorities to increase their numbers at the University of California. Now those numbers are going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tuition Hikes: Protests in California and Elsewhere | 11/21/2009 | See Source »

...think academia is really sexy, really hot, and smart people are sexy, you know, not in the obvious way. Culture might think porn stars are sexy; I think academics are sexy because I’m in love with...

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Annie M. Sprinkle and Elizabeth M. Stephens | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

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