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...kind of stepchild to the Superman movies of 1978 and '80. Superman (Brandon Routh) has been away from Metropolis for five years, searching for remains of his home planet, Krypton. He's back on Earth just in time, since his very arch enemy, Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey), has been sprung from prison and has a plan--diabolical, of course--to debilitate Superman using kryptonite crystals and, with the big guy out of the way, make the world miserable and profit from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Gospel of Superman | 6/18/2006 | See Source »

...Council (UC) crafted a few simple but far-reaching improvements in the way that social activities are funded and planned. The results promise to continue improving what can reasonably be called an expanding “social scene” at Harvard.Perhaps the year’s greatest success sprung from the year’s greatest failure, Wyclef. The Harvard Concert Commission (HCC), a semi-autonomous wing of the UC, had planned to bring Wyclef Jean to perform on campus during the first week of November, but sluggish ticket sales compelled the HCC to cancel the show less than...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Bring on the Fun | 6/7/2006 | See Source »

...they really do exist!) can gather and swap photos, has a database with pictures of just about every commercial plane in service, tens of thousands in all, and surely part of Wikipedia’s success is due to the community of people interested in organizing information which has sprung up around...

Author: By Matthew A. Gline | Title: Net Working | 5/2/2006 | See Source »

...concern of downwind communities is ?Here we go again,?" said plaintiff Stephen Erickson of the Salt Lake City-based Citizens Education Project. Though not a nuclear test, Erickson is afraid the huge blast "could kick up radioactive dust from previous nuclear testing," and claims "the Pentagon has sprung it on everybody with no examination of its effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fallout Before a Bomb Test | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

Spring has sprung, technically speaking. But Harvard experts say weather in the region will remain unpredictable. While March 20 marked the first official day of spring, the weather told quite a different story. Temperatures dipped below freezing to 22 degrees Fahrenheit at Logan Airport Monday and 28 degrees last night. According to Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science Steven C. Wofsy, the scientific explanation for erratic local weather is that “Boston sits on the boundary between a continental and a maritime climate.” The jet stream is a rapidly moving body...

Author: By Ryan A. Walsh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boston Weather Remains Fickle | 3/22/2006 | See Source »

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