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...worth of SAC reforms—that made the position such a pearl in the past.But that didn’t stop the race from being a heated one. Gadgil snagged it after a week of intense campaigning, becoming the first female SAC chair since 1997 and throwing a wrench in any presidential plans Haddock had. Instead, Haddock will reprise the vice-chair position he held last year, and his chances for the presidency may suffer accordingly. Then again, if he achieves as much in the coming semester as he did in the last, he’ll have...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inside UC Politics: No Clear Path to the Top | 10/12/2005 | See Source »

...food in other cafeterias isn’t good either. The difference, in fact, is that the line for Fly-By moves at the speed of the slowest, shortest girl spooning meat lasagna into her stupid plasticized white cup (plus the 30 seconds it takes for her to wrench the cap onto said cup), whereas all other cafeterias move at the speed it takes...

Author: By Alex Slack, | Title: The Easy Way to Fix Fly-By | 10/6/2005 | See Source »

...accommodation around. With an aluminum skeleton as its core, the Bale Classic can comfortably expand from a 4.7-m-by-4.7-m footprint up to 200 sq m. Smart electrical and plumbing solutions are provided, including solar panels for use in remote areas, and just three tools (wrench, allen wrench and screwdriver) are needed for the idiotproof assembly. A more challenging task is choosing the interior finishes, which include teak, silk, leather and bamboo. Your completed unit (price: from about $5,100) is reassuringly sturdy, capable of withstanding wind speeds of up to 260 km/h. Not that you need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Absolutely Prefabulous | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...accommodation around. With an aluminum skeleton as its core, the Bale Classic can comfortably expand from a 4.7-m-by-4.7-m footprint up to 200 sq m. Smart electrical and plumbing solutions are provided, including solar panels for use in remote areas, and just three tools (wrench, allen wrench and screwdriver) are needed for the idiotproof assembly. A more challenging task is choosing the interior finishes, which include teak, silk, leather and bamboo. Your completed unit (price: from about $5,100) is reassuringly sturdy, capable of withstanding wind speeds of up to 260 km/h. Not that you need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do-It-Yourself | 5/1/2005 | See Source »

...rule; by Russian special forces, who cornered him in a bunker and bombed it when he refused to surrender; in Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya. After the slaying of this relative moderate, who was open to negotiation with the Russian government, rebels vowed to carry on an Islamic holy war to wrench the region from Russian control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 21, 2005 | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

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