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Researchers at the Army's Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., would like to ease that load by turning soldiers into walking power plants. Iowa Thin Film Technologies began supplying the Army last year with pocket-size solar rechargers (weight 6 oz.) and tents embedded with flexible, plastic panels that can generate electricity. Soldiers field-testing the tents use them both for shelter and to operate medical or communications equipment. Another solar company, Konarka of Lowell, Mass., has also received a military grant and hopes to do away with solar panels altogether. The firm is developing light-sensitive fabrics that...
...diaries make for somewhat melancholy reading in their second half, it's only because California, famously narcotic, began to sap his energy and sharpness. More and more of his entries dwindle into local gossip and silly worries about his boyfriends and his weight. He was always better suited to being a camera than a mirror. Yet even at his weakest, he earns our trust with his entirely human cries of "God, make me pure--but not just...
...spoke at length on the crucial differences between the American hegemony and the British empire, focusing on their different foundations. Britain had an economy-based empire and never tried to dominate the world, he said, realizing that “they were a middle-weight country” that could only hold on to the “heavy-weight title” for so long...
...reserve first.” Maybe it’s time for this campus to wake up to the advocacy successes of the UC and other student groups. Maybe it’s time for us to look beyond library hours for more epic struggles to throw our weight behind. And maybe it’s time for us to stop placing quesadillas inside our jacket pockets and above common courtesy. But a straightening out of our priorities may be too much to ask for—at least without edible incentives...
...Bush and Clinton administrations both demonstrated a relatively restrained foreign policy. In contrast, the overly ambitious and unilateral “Bush Doctrine” has alienated allies, sparked new resentments, and created serious concerns about the responsible wielding of American power. These familiar complaints take on new weight in the context of Walt’s larger theoretical framework. The methodical structure of “Taming American Power” makes it easy to read. Walt’s conscientious scholarship may not be as much fun as the snide commentary of Michael Moore or Ann Coulter...