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...experiences in their art." And, perhaps, it makes them want some art in their daily experiences. Witness Nokia, which for its latest range of upmarket phones commissioned from Eno a suite of 20 subtle ring tones based on the soughing of Saharan winds. Like ambient music, that will strike many as so much noodling for a niche market. But we live in an age that takes noodling seriously and that contains a marketful of niches with a global reach. Eno is hoping to fill one such niche with 77 Million Paintings. Throughout the summer it has been exhibited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Light Years Into The Future | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

...return." Indeed, the best advice for the military to give the President at this point may not be how to "win" in Iraq--but how to withdraw creatively, how to limit Iran's influence in the Shi'ite regions of the south, how to keep special-operations and quick-strike units based in the region, poised to attack al-Qaeda operations on a regular basis. The United States has lost the war in Iraq, but the "long war" against Islamist extremism will surely continue. The most pressing issue now is how not to lose the battles to come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Daddy Couldn't Say | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...there weren't so many things trying to kill you every day. The problems start even before you're fully awake. There's the fall out of bed that kills 600 Americans each year. There's the early-morning heart attack, which is 40% more common than those that strike later in the day. There's the fatal plunge down the stairs, the bite of sausage that gets lodged in your throat, the tumble on the slippery sidewalk as you leave the house, the high-speed automotive pinball game that is your daily commute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Americans Are Living Dangerously | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...when senior Liza Solley put one home after Sifers battled to get the puck up the ice. A game misconduct penalty whistled at the end of the second created a hole for Bassett who made the score 4-0. Another game misconduct early in the third allowed Chu to strike at the 5:46 mark.Vaillancourt tallied Harvard’s sixth and final score on a solo effort midway through the period. Quinnipiac’s Kallie Flora prevented sophomore goalie Brittany Martin from recording the shutout, though, when she scored with just 2 minutes left in the game...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Jumps To Top Of ECAC | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...night. The Crimson (8-1-0, 8-1-0 ECAC) received goals from five different sources as it trounced the Bobcats (4-10-0, 3-7-0) in a messy conference affair. After a scoreless opening period, sophomore Jenny Brine got Harvard on the board with a power-play strike, her 13th goal of the season, at the 7:33 mark. Classmate Sarah Vaillancourt pushed the lead to 2-0 with her 9th of the year at 11:55, and senior Liza Solley followed just over a minute later with the lone even-strength tally of the night. Freshman Cori...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Eases Past Bobcats | 11/25/2006 | See Source »

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