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...point where I can’t even open these terrible e-mails anymore—I just let them sit unread in my inbox for days at a time. I’ve tried to get friends to read them for me, but their patience has finally worn thin. How can I handle the inevitable failure that awaits me every time I log on to pine?! —delinquent@fasDelinquent, let me extol for you the virtues of a gmail account. Now, recent allegations of a Google-CIA link may have you worried about those revolutions you?...

Author: By Sara J. Culver, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DEAR SARA | 12/17/2006 | See Source »

...sister and I will be out there soon. People didn't really notice it was us last year. When I knocked on one door, one person said, "Who is it?" I said, "Girl Scouts." They said, "We're not home." I didn't push it--I was like, no Thin Mints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Dakota Fanning | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...strolling through the bazaar this morning, discussing the semantic differences in our newspapers. For them, the carnage is immediate; the horrible failure of the invasion permeates every aspect of their daily existence. And for the American media to continue negating the Iraqi reality on the dubiously thin grounds of definition, belies the truth and our role in creating...

Author: By Bede A. Moore | Title: The Luxury of Distance | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...batteries are not only environmentally friendly but they're also cheap. Happonen says he will be able to sell his SoftBatterys for about a penny each once he hits mass production. Today's button batteries sell in bulk for about 20? each. Because the 0.4-mm-thin SoftBattery is made from paper, Enfucell can make sheets of the stuff and size them to specific applications. An average size would be about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flat Battery: It Works On Paper | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...your watch) and "finger" batteries (think AA). Ions travel from an anode, pass through a solution called an electrolyte to a cathode and emerge as an electrical charge. Instead of running ions through metal casings full of toxic and corrosive substances like lithium and alkaline, Enfucell uses a thin paper sheet as a conduit. It pastes one side with zinc and the other side with manganese dioxide. Ions flow through an electrolyte solution of water and zinc chloride within the paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flat Battery: It Works On Paper | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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