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Washington wants smaller--or at least cleaner. At the Detroit show this year, the Big Three did their save-the-earth bit by displaying some "clean" concept cars. Chrysler unveiled its ESX2, which combines lightweight construction, plastic body panels and a hybrid power train (a small diesel engine, batteries and electric motor) to get 70 m.p.g. Ford displayed a concept vehicle fabricated out of aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber that gets up to 63 m.p.g. and weighs 40% less than a Taurus. Ford promised to adapt its Windstar minivan, classified as a truck, to meet lower emissions...
...during these times when I am truly overwhelmed by the concept of Team Love. At those moments sports becomes not just a game but a part of your soul. It is about knowing that no matter what happens your teammates will always be there, willing to give everything they have for you. No coach inspires it, no competition demands it, no championship ever rewards it. It is brought about by a unique blend of individuals who care for one another, not only on the field where they are bound together, but off the field where they become inextricably linked...
...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us begin with the question, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived...
...matter how ridiculous the concept seems, we realize by the end of Wag the Dog that delusion of the masses on a grand scale is a brutally realistic possibility. The media has the power to whip up an emotional whirlwind so powerful that all of America gets trapped in the show. It is the concept, after all, that makes the disaster movies which studio execs love so deplorably viable. Audiences are bludgeoned with an onslaught of nifty special effects and pounded into submission. Who is to say politics is not the same...
...general, Harvard is a cool place. Everyone is an amazing future leader, blah, blah, blah. Underneath, however, we are, for the most part, much less dynamic. Our parties end at 1 a.m., dating is a revolutionary concept, and our dreams of improving the lot of the world soon change to getting a lot of loot for ourselves at the expense of the world. I have seen this over the past two years and think I have identified the point of conversion. After an initial injection of life and inspiration, forces conspire against student life and turn us all into grumpy...