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...WMAP has answered every question. Nobody knows what dark matter and dark energy are, and the theory of inflation, while strengthened, is far from proved. Beyond that, there are some strange measurements in WMAP's data that might be mere statistical flukes--or might point to some major monkey wrench that could still throw cosmology into turmoil. "We should know better after we get in more data," says Charles Bennett of the Goddard Space Flight Center, who is the WMAP team leader...
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...earns a higher margin on items that aren't so price sensitive, such as basic tool kits and paint accessories. The strategy lures customers to his store (as it does to the chains), but Sullivan wins additional business through service. His sales force helps people find the right socket wrench fast, holds their hands through a plumbing project and pays a home visit if necessary. Says longtime customer Dan Laycock: "If I need a couple of nuts and bolts, I don't want to wait behind people buying drywall." Sullivan is doing so well that he opened his fourth store...
...will buy preppie-apparel maker Lands' End for $1.9 billion in cash. Both stocks moved up on the news--a rarity at a time when investors are justifiably wary of big mergers. Executives of the two companies emphasized that Sears, now strongest in products like auto batteries and wrench sets, will get a chance to revive its tired apparel department while Lands' End, which has thrived as a catalog and online merchant, will get to hang its wares in 870 Sears stores across the country...
Last Tuesday, just as the Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) was about to succeed at finally bringing a big name musical group to Bright Hockey Arena, the administration threw a wrench in the process. In an e-mail to Undergraduate Council President Sujean S. Lee ’03, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth expressed concern that the HCC pick, OutKast, might not be an appropriate group for an on-campus concert. “[Coordinator of Student Activities] Susan Cooke and [Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations] Jeremy Gibson have done a little research...