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...Achilles' heel: its powertrain. It's widely known that GM had to work wonders to keep the Solstice under $20,000, cobbling together parts and components from various vehicle lines. The naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine delivers 177-horsepower and 166 lb. ft of torque. According to Road & Track, it propels the Solstice from zero-to-60 in 7.2 seconds. But the engine feels inadequate at highway speeds. Flooring the throttle at 60 m.p.h. in 5th gear produced not a roar but a gentle puff of speed-embarrassing in a car with pretenses to sprightliness. While the vehicle cornered adequately...
...Following a freshmen season in which she garnered All-American honors in all three seasons—cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track—Scherf returns to Harvard this fall hoping to capitalize on her impressive freshman year while cutting seconds off her race times. So far, she?...
...with the help of their keeper, reigning Ivy League Player of the Week Katie Shields, they are right on track...
...better prospect is a vaccine, which the government has commissioned the Melbourne-based biopharmaceutical company CSL to fast-track. CSL will soon begin clinical trials on a prototype vaccine based on H5N1. With this head start, the company would be capable of producing enough vaccine to inoculate every Australian in a minimum of three months from the time a pandemic started and the exact strain was identified. If a pandemic does break out, authorities would hope that H5N1 was the culprit, since CSL's project is to some extent based on that premise. "This is a good scientific gamble," says...
...costs are higher at Harvard because our only available venues are athletics facilities. At the Gordon Track, a stage has to be built overnight complete with ramps, lighting, and sound equipment. Tack on a variety of other expenses and concerts turn out to be more expensive than one would expect—McCambridge said the HCC needs at least $30,000 budgeted to start planning a concert. That’s why most colleges’ concerts are highly subsidized...