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...rush out to the lime green Bug sitting in the parking lot. I’ve gotten the goods. The minute hand of my watch is approaching 8:30 a.m. and I’m ready to high-tail it back to Harvard—but my getaway driver’s fallen asleep. I tap on the window and her freckled face comes to life with dazed alarm. She unlocks the door and I jump into the passenger’s seat. “Go!” I shout and we screech out onto the road...

Author: By Anne K. Kofol, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In it for the Long-Haul | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...from controlled breeding stock and with decades of background data behind them. "People think we have a lot of very ill animals on site," says Cass. "We're not injecting animals with aids and seeing if we can cure them. All the animals are healthy." The dozens of alert, tail-wagging puppies in one large room - subjects of testing for a potential new anticancer medication - appeared to be healthy, frisky and well looked after. But at the end of any testing period, all the animals involved will be killed and forensic examinations will be conducted on them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animal Passions | 12/7/2003 | See Source »

...robot once developers at Massa Products deliver their final version next year. The current prototype mimics a real lobster's movements to negotiate all types of coastal terrain. The plastic antennas sense obstacles; the eight legs can propel it in any direction; the two claws and tail keep it stable in turbulent water. INVENTOR Don Massa and Joseph Ayers AVAILABILITY Late 2004 (military use only) TO LEARN MORE massa.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Lots O' Bots | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

With the wind blowing so strongly across the front of the nets, most long kicks tended to tail out of bounds...

Author: By James Sigel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inability to Finish Dooms M. Soccer | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...recently he preferred blue jeans for all social gatherings. The day he arrived in Hollywood, Marlon honored the occasion by dressing up in his only suit, but somehow failed to notice that the trousers had a hole in the knee and a slit in the seat, through which the tail of his shirt was showing. Shirts are a nuisance, anyway; when one gets dirty, he just rolls it up in a ball, stuffs it in a closet and buys another. At table, Marlon often drops his head to plate level and shoves it in, and if ketchup splatters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 49 Years Ago In TIME | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

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