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Most of these concepts didn't originate with Lovins, but few people do a better job of combining them into a clear vision. He calls that vision the Hypercar, and last year he spun off Hypercars, Inc., from RMI to advise the industry on how to make one. "Lovins' imagination is boundless," says Donald Runkle, executive vice president of Delphi Automotive Systems. He warns, though, that Lovins "tends to discount the cost factor." Composites, for example, are now much more expensive than steel. Lovins argues that when built in volume, Hypercars will cost about the same as today's cars...
Harvard, fielding its best team in four years, was poised to reclaim the Ivy Title it lost to Princeton in 1993. Fate, though, spun the outcome in a different way, postponing a title reunion seven years in the making...
Dumont hit again at 4:30 in the first period in a spectacular individual effort. After running into trouble in the center of the zone, the freshman spun to his right only to meet another Harvard defender. After spinning back to his left, he was sandwiched between two Crimson players. Dumont stepped through the double team with his stick above his head and found open space...
...popularity of the drug ecstasy included a photograph of a woman dancing [DRUGS, March 13]. I am that woman. Although the caption says ecstasy can keep kids dancing all night, I was not on any kind of drug. I went to the club to enjoy amazing music spun by some incredible djs. I was there to dance, not to do drugs. And I danced all night on the high of adrenaline and great music, not ecstasy. The rave scene was initially all about the music, but in the past few years, it has been flooded with kids just interested...
Remember the childhood thrill of twirling in circles until the world spun wildly and you couldn't stand on your feet? That's how many of my former patients described their disorienting bouts with dizziness--especially the elderly ones. As many as 38% of older Americans struggle to keep their world stationary, trying to avoid dangerous falls and potentially life-threatening injuries. Dizziness is so common among seniors that patients and their doctors tend to write it off as an inevitable consequence of aging...