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...hard lessons about focusing. Although Alien once concentrated on flexible computer screens, it is now putting all its efforts behind radio-frequency-identification (RFID) tags. The key to both flexible screens and RFID tags is Alien's patented manufacturing process, which allows chips to be generously sprinkled onto thin plastic sheets that can be easily attached to almost any type of product. Once fastened to a pack of razor blades, for example, a RFID chip emits a radio signal that allows the manufacturer or retailer to track if and when the product has been sold. Alien is the market leader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Identification: Digital, P.I. | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...crossed Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya and the Mediterranean before touching Italian territory. His journey started in January, when he left his family and friends behind to embark on a harrowing odyssey in pursuit of his European dream. This is his story. THE FIRST STEP In Mogadishu, the sweet-faced, rail-thin young man named Abdi Salan Mohammed Hassan is known for his football prowess. He plays endless matches in the city's empty lots and with his quick feet and broad shoulders excels at every position on the pitch. He dreams about going to Britain to follow his favorite players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Desperate Journey | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

BOSTON—As the Harvard women’s basketball team struggled to maintain its razor-thin second-half lead, there could be no doubt in the minds of the Crimson defenders to whom Northeastern would turn for a game-changing open look...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Sharpshooter Takes Down Crimson in Final Moments | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...into the heart of the modern city, offering the best street food, local crafts, Yuletide decorations and, for kids, clowns and rides. In Prague's Old Town Square, check out the dried-flower decorations and hand-embroidered tablecloths as you build up your appetite for l?zensk? oplatky (huge wafer-thin cookies with a sugary filling), washed down with punch and mead. The market in Brussels stretches from the 17th century Grand Place to Place Sainte-Catherine with its open-air ice rink; the highlight is the Man?ge d'Andr?a, a surrealist carousel with flying frogs, bionic spacemen and Jules Verne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magical Christmas Markets | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

Performances by the comedy troupe On Thin Ice and the Harvard Callbacks a cappella group, highlighted the event. The Callbacks brought smiles to the faces of many workers as they entered the Adams Lower Common Room...

Author: By Charles J. Mcnamara, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students, Staff Honor Harvard Employees | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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