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...Even timely completion of the first science complex—which won special approval from the City of Boston to allow completion by July 2011—now appears uncertain, causing once certain tenants to consider alternative homes in Cambridge...
...granted. “Any team can come out and beat a team on a given night,” Biega said. To prepare for the quickness and speed of transition the Raiders possess, Harvard has put a real focus on the power play during practices. “Special teams are a make-or-break part of the game,” Biega said. While the rivalry between Harvard and Colgate is not at the same level as the one with Cornell, the game is still enormously important. It sets the tone for the rest of the weekend...
Palin, Sarah • closing of clinic for special needs children in home town of • 45th birthday is celebrated...
...second drone on takeoff caused a recent flyer to initially doubt the improved 76-seater. Once the plane is cruising, though, Bombardier's noise-and-vibration-reduction system (cousin to technology used in submarines) monitors sound levels through microphones inside the plane walls. A computer initiates vibrations through special absorbers to counter those from the propellers, reducing the resonance of the airframe and hushing the cabin about 4 db quieter than many jets. ATR upgraded its four-blade propeller to a six-blade fiber-composite one with a smaller diameter that generates less vibration and cabin noise when coupled with...
...Memphis, Tenn., suggested that China may have been using substandard vaccines that stopped symptoms of bird flu in poultry but allowed the virus to continue to spread. Recently, Guangzhou-based expert Zhong Nanshan also said there is a danger that China's widespread vaccinations could conceal the virus. "Special attention should be paid to such animals, including those that have been vaccinated," the Xinhua news service quoted him as saying on Feb. 6. "The existing vaccines can only reduce the amount of virus rather than totally inactivating...