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...anemic gestures towards civil rights made by the Kennedy White House. Senator Obama’s ability to rally the public troops—call it inspiration, charisma, or even “change you can believe in”—seems to have touched a widespread nerve amongst Democrats of all stripes, particularly when compared with the distinctly uninspiring and combative style of his opponent. It remains to be seen, however, just how valuable the American people believe this x-factor to be contra John McCain—a candidate with Hillary’s foreign policy...

Author: By Audrey J Kim | Title: The Mechanics of Democracy | 3/3/2008 | See Source »

Protestants remain a bare and strikingly diverse majority; the study found widespread movement among 100 variations of Protestantism. For America's faithful, it's a buyer's market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marketplace of Faith | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

After a factory demonstration, my amateur ears attest that the sound I heard was off the charts. I don't know if it was the widespread dynamic range, the subwoofer that made my pants shake or the power that seeped into my bones. I inquired about the cheapest McIntosh purchase. "It's $3,500," Randall said. Not so bad, I thought. "But that's just for the power and preamp." The $45,000 speakers are extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Tune for High-End Audio | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...Accelerator Fund was launched last year with $6 million in donations that came primarily from alumni “who have an affinity toward this area.” The first found of funding—awarded last fall—was geared toward marketable research to combat widespread diseases, such as HIV, cancer, and diabetes. “My personal feeling is that academic researchers can really have significant impact on health care and society by lending their expertise to projects that can be translated into therapeutic intervention,” said Joan S. Brugge, a professor of cell...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Kevin Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Fund Injects Cash into Lucrative Research | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...cement water reservoir. Only local materials are needed, and the villagers themselves can build and maintain them. The seven glaciers he's built as head of a local non-profit managing the watershed program for the state of Jammu and Kashmir have won him widespread attention, as engineers from other mountainous regions in India and Afghanistan have visited to learn his methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Ice Man' vs. Global Warming | 2/25/2008 | See Source »

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