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Leading 7-5 with one away and no one aboard in the eleventh, Penn freshman reliever Andrew McCreery was his own worst enemy...
With the game tied, sophomore infielder Nick Carter belted a three-run homerun and Scott Carmack took a 3-1 pitch over the wall in straight away center with two aboard to give the Crimson a commanding 14-8 lead...
...Levav of Oven Digital, now a company of more than 200 employees in seven countries, warns that it's important to remember that even with oldsters aboard, dotcoms cannot, and should not, operate by all the same old rules. Sure, experience counts, but so do flexibility and the willingness and ability to adapt to the new culture. He also warns against any traditional managers who might try to maintain a hierarchy that would only stifle talent. Instead he points to Bill Gates' practice of making himself accessible to anyone in the company via e-mail, which allows good ideas...
...aboard motorized lifts were another innovation, which welded a framework to hold materials to the top of the machine. Lane also modified several storage containers to better transport various types of materials. Waxed shelves have reduced friction and made it easier to slide out heavy boxes of books...
...will the project fly? There are doubts about just how many people would be prepared to shell out 20 big ones for a vacation aboard a creaky vessel that has been plagued by air leaks, electrical failures, fires and more. And then there are the economics. "Although these investors would like to make a breakthrough in commercializing manned space travel, it's not clear that the project could generate sufficient revenue to make it viable," says TIME space correspondent Jeff Kluger. "Profitability comes from volume, and there's only one Mir. Right now the profits for the private sector...