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And the beginning of market competition. The Benson Space Co. is developing the Dream Chaser space taxi--a "cute little sports-car-like spaceship" that seats six and has rocket motors in the trunk. It harks back to a design developed by the Soviets for space-shuttle runs but adds...
First: Put an end to the 25-year-long above-inflation run-up in tuition by freezing tuition and fees at 2006 levels at all its schools. At the College, this means holding the line at $33,709, with total charges of $43,655. The current annual rate of inflation...
In typical style, Lucinda Williams uses her latest album, “West,” to delve even further into her career-long self-exploration of one of the strongest human emotions—pain. The Louisiana-born country/folk/rock/blues/alternative singer-songwriter (critics can never seem to decide on a...
In the 60th meeting between Harvard and Yale in women’s hockey, 60 minutes were not enough to settle the affair. The Crimson overcame a pair of two-goal deficits with a feverish third-period rally and scored with 56 seconds left in overtime to topple the Bulldogs...
Back in Hong Kong, the amahs are known by the Tagalog nickname bayani. As we walked toward the Philippines consulate, they explained to me that it translates as heroine, which is what most of these women are to the family and friends they've left behind. Plagued by poverty and...