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...which allow the plane to continue flying through the night. Project director and co-pilot André Borschberg says that while labs around the world are developing lighter and more effective batteries, those currently available impose severe limits on the plane's weight. "With twice the battery capacity, we'd have a different plane," he says. And perhaps a more comfortable one: HB-SIA's pilot will sit in an unheated, unpressurized cockpit, in which he'll encounter -76ºF (-60ºC) temperatures at high altitude. In order to lighten the plane's load further, Boschberg has already gone...
...prejudices against Muslims. But his main focus is Kosovo, where he says the "status" question - of when and how to extend independence to the Albanian-majority nation - has become a way for political leaders to distract citizens from more concrete problems. Basic infrastructure is decrepit (electric power is cut twice a day in Ferizaj), the unemployment rate is the highest in Europe, and organized crime and corruption are on the rise. "If we had a government that was accountable, independence would have been a natural outcome," he says. "Instead some can say we're not ready for independence. Peaceful multiethnicity...
...democracy is about more than casting a vote. It's about building lasting institutions such as a free press, an effective legislature and, most importantly, an independent judiciary. By circumventing the constitution, and by twice dismissing the Supreme Court, Musharraf has inflicted long-term damage on the country. Given Pakistan's critical role in the global war on terror, his muscular methods for stabilizing a fractious nation were at first welcomed by some governments, especially Washington. Establishing a lasting, fair and resilient democracy, however, requires not expediency but hard work, compromise and consensus-building. The rule of law is critical...
...rare Harvard student who is truly well-lopsided. Whenever someone inadvertently reveals to me that he is the world’s premier concert saxophonist, I brace myself for the inevitable “and.†Sure enough, he also tutors abused poodles in ASL twice a week. Braced by years as Student Body President and Literary Magazine Editor and Volleyball Team Captain, Harvard students fling themselves exuberantly into scores of extracurricular pursuits. Even someone who used to be only an Olympic Gymnast frequently arrives and decides she should try her hand at leading sustainability fieldtrips for urban...
...real estate developer accused Harvard of backing a loan with 42 percent interest—twice the legal limit—in a lawsuit filed last week. Fred Fahey, the developer who filed the suit, charged that Harvard and other institutions, including endowments at Yale and Princeton, violated a law that was intended to curb loan sharks, who impose excessive rates on borrowers, often backed by threats of violence. The lawsuit claimed that Harvard and the other institutions invested in Realty Financial Partners, which charged an interest rate that exceeded state limits. Other parties that were named in the suit...