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...scoring chances early and often. Despite playing well on Wednesday, the Crimson squandered several opportunities that may have secured them the victory. Harvard will not have the luxury of wasting many chances this weekend, as Maine’s superb goaltending will put finishing ability at a premium...
...English makers still produce the most-prized custom guns, in very small numbers, and, yes, some of them are modernizing. Holland & Holland of London, founded in 1835, turns out perhaps 125 premium shotguns and rifles a year. "Because of our size, we can't make some of the investments that Beretta can," says Russell Wilkin, technical director. "But we use a lot of the same new technology," including automated initial machining...
...premium line is vital to Beretta's appeal, and artisanal engraving is part of the essence of the guns. Typically, 350 hours of work are needed to execute the postcard-size surface of a receiver. Luca Casari, 35, like only a few who are still working in the studio, learned the art as a boy. "Sure, we could be replaced by laser," he says, "but doing it by hand gives the gun its real value...
...wrong. Still, that isn't the point. Inputting data and operating the computer with a stylus instead of a keyboard and mouse only seems to make a simple task unnecessarily cumbersome, not to mention more expensive. Tablet PCs are selling for about $2,000, roughly a $400 premium over comparably equipped conventional laptops. For the extra cash, you do get the new Microsoft Journal program, which allows you to write and organize notes in a spiffy "digital-ink" format that replicates real writing. You can change colors, use a highlighter, doodle, even erase a word by scratching it out. Notes...
Throughout much of the first half, yards had come at a premium for Harvard. But Fitzpatrick assumed the reins of the Crimson offense with just under five minutes remaining in the second quarter and energized the Harvard attack, using both his arm and his legs to lead the Crimson to three third-quarter touchdowns...