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Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: Imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2(NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

...squad’s first-half field goal percentage was not much cleaner. Harvard managed 14 of 42 shots, a mere 33.3 percent. But with smoother, tighter second-half play, the Crimson shot 51.5 percent, making 17 of 33 goals attempted...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peljto's Career Night Moves Her into Legendary Company | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

Generating seven more turnovers in the process, the Crimson held Lafayette to a mere seven points over the final 10:06, collectively slamming the door on the Leopard’s already dwindling hopes for a chance at victory...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peljto Scores Big For Crimson | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

Pister believes his tiny motes will have a transforming effect on how we monitor the world. "It's going to be a hugely revolutionary technology," he says. Already, he has performed an experiment for the U.S. Army in which a mere eight motes were dropped from a plane and used to detect a fleet of vehicles on the ground. Homeland Security will start using smart dust this summer in a pilot project to protect ports in Florida. And Honeywell has started using motes in supermarkets to make giant refrigerators more energy efficient. Says Pister: "There's a potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Dust Can Tell You | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

When the Iraq war began, the French Foreign Minister refused a reporter's question as to which side he wanted to win. This was not a mere expression of pique. When the existential enemy was Nazism or communism, the world rallied to the American protector. But Arab-Islamic radicalism is different. Its hatreds are wide, but its strategic focus is America. Its monument is ground zero. Ground zero is not in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Farewell to Allies | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

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