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After the dust settled from the dunk, Harvard was up 27-22 and carried the momentum into the locker room, leading 33-29 at the half...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Upsets Pennsylvania | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...feel that people don't realize the extent of damage done," she said. "My best friend said to me the other day, 'Though nothing happened to me, I am shaken up because I saw human lives destroyed and buildings turned to dust...

Author: By Kate L. Rakoczy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Efforts To Aid Earthquake Victims Successful but Far from Over | 2/7/2001 | See Source »

...shake like a storm-tossed raft. Toward the end of the 45-second quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey says hit 7.9 on the Richter scale, Patel heard a violent snapping sound. He ran out just as a neighboring four-story house collapsed in a roiling cloud of dust. As their home crumbled, a few residents made desperate leaps to safety from balconies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tremor Mortis | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...text on ordinary paper was consistently among the best, even on envelopes. As for speed, it was either the fastest or second fastest on every task, topping out at 9 sec. per page. It was also the only printer tested that had a covered paper tray for keeping out dust and hair. Photos and graphics weren't nearly as good as they were with the Epson, but they weren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inking A New Deal | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

Such hostility helps explain why blueprints for generators keep gathering dust while California's energy crisis deepens. Proposals for 44 plants representing 22,600 megawatts of generating capacity are currently before California regulatory bodies. But only a handful are likely to come online before 2003. "California has a very cumbersome siting process," says Michael Zenker, a director of Cambridge Energy Research Associates. "It's long and gives opponents a good chance of defeating any plan." To make matters worse, some 40% of the state's capacity comes from facilities built more than 30 years ago, making them prone to equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Energy Crunch | 1/29/2001 | See Source »

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