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...It’s probably the case that the appropriate weight to give to race will vary from situation to situation,” he said. “The important thing is the principle and that’s what we focused our brief...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks and Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Affirmative Action Upheld By High Court | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

...Irving Cummings, the openly gay pastor of Old Cambridge Baptist Church, which had helped to organize the counter-protest, said he was not worried their demonstration would give weight to the Phelps campaign...

Author: By J. hale Russell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Anti-Gay Rights Group Protests At Commencement | 6/27/2003 | See Source »

...core customers for extreme-sports gear--climbers, adventure racers, trekkers, mountain bikers--torture their clothing and equipment and constantly tell firms how to improve it, demanding tighter seams, tougher fibers, better fit and lighter weight. As the gear has improved, the commandos have latched on. The North Face recently added a camouflage fly to one of its expedition tents in the hope of making more military sales. In every other way, says Jill Pagliaro, a spokeswoman for North Face, "the design for Alpine athletes and military usage is similar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Troop Chic | 6/23/2003 | See Source »

...other hand, you're more concerned about preventing dementia or heart disease, you will have to go back to the basics: exercise, eat right and watch your weight. You should also find out if you have high blood pressure or diabetes and get treated if you do; both conditions are known to increase one's risk of heart disease or stroke, and there is growing evidence that they may have more subtle effects on thinking and memory as well. Adopting a healthy lifestyle may not be as easy as popping a pill, but the effects are much longer lasting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Beyond Hormones | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

...chords and glossy harmonies sound easy, but they're not, especially when you consider that all the initial tracking on the terrifically produced Everything Must Go was done live. The music is also where the irony is. It's so airy and chipper that when mixed with the lead weight of the lyrics, it induces a pleasant sense of numbness that, given a few drinks, might be mistaken for depth. Everything Must Go doesn't have the relentless catchiness of their late-'70s work, but Fagen and Becker do seem happy in their advancing misery. That's the immortality they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dirty Old Dan | 6/9/2003 | See Source »

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