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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...will feel like they can charge their cars whenever they need to. Since most people seldom drive more than 100 miles at a time, wiring workplaces and public spaces like shopping malls should keep most cars juiced. For longer drives, customers will be able to pull into a battery-swap station and get a fresh battery. Better Place, and not individual drivers, owns the batteries, which should keep the price of the cars comparable to gas-powered vehicles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Looks to Electric Cars | 1/20/2008 | See Source »

Construction worker Macario Lopez has lined up for four hours--along with his brothers, children and nephews--to swap his cowboy boots for a pair of ice skates. He could never afford to take his family to a commercial rink, which costs about $5 a head, he says. But the Christmas season has brought a colossal 34,400-sq.-ft. (about 3,200 sq m) open-air skating rink to the central square known as the Zócalo in the heart of Mexico City. It's the largest rink in the world, boosters claim. More important, it's free. Tens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Mexico City | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...play like that every game it’s going to make my job easier and generate confidence in the [offensive] zone. Everything starts from the D zone.” Next up for Harvard is a game against New Hampshire, with which it will likely swap rankings today, in Durham, N.H. on Friday night. “We’ll be facing a great team on a big sheet of ice—that really caters to our style of play,” Cahow said of the Whittemore Center rink. “We?...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Cruises to Win in Providence | 12/9/2007 | See Source »

Construction worker Macario Lopez has queued for four hours, along with his brothers, children, and nephews, to swap his cowboy boots for a pair of ice skates. He could never afford to take them to a commercial rink at $5 a head, he says. But the Christmas season has brought a colossal 34,400 square-foot open-air skating rink to the heart of Mexico City, in the central square known as the Zocalo. It's the largest rink in the world, its boosters claim, and more importantly, it's free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Local Politics on Ice | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...second annual Naked Ladies Brunch on Dec. 2, there was a disturbing lack of skin. Being fond of nudity, (see: cover of the Oct. 31 “Liberty Divided” issue), FM was a little perturbed to find the sartorial bonding focused more on the swapping of clothes than the stripping of them. And while there was a roomful of women, and clothes of all shapes and sizes piled into corners, there wasn’t a bare body in sight. Perhaps it should have been a tip-off that the Harvard Vestis Council was co-hosting...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Not-Actually-Naked Ladies | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

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