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...Multitools are about expecting the unexpected. When you and your buddies find yourselves locked out of your Honda Civic in the parking lot of TGI Friday's at 3 a.m., you want to be the guy who can fashion a crude lockpick using only a beer can and that wire-crimper thingy on your Leatherman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Leatherman for All Seasons | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...instance, someone could come into a company and begin buying products or technology that could be applied to the dispersal of some form of gas, like the [1995] sarin-gas attack in Japan." If CI professionals stay on their toes, Herring says, "they could serve as a trip wire for government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleuths In Suits: Mission: Intelligence | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

When Scott hit two free throws to put Stanford ahead, 63-62, with 3:58 left in the game, it became evident that the contest would go down to the wire. After Scott sent the partisan crowd of 5,137 into a frenzy with two more from the charity stripe one minute later, the Cardinal looked like it might be able to stave off the scare from the Crimson...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: A Look Back to 1998: Harvard Topples Stanford | 3/14/2002 | See Source »

...Delaney-Smith now calls her 2001-02 team the best in her 20-year coaching history at coming back from deficits and winning close games, and she has reason to be confident if her team’s first-round NCAA matchup against North Carolina comes down to the wire...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comebacks, Close Games Define W. Hoops Season | 3/13/2002 | See Source »

...stand-up tour and the three new movies are an attempt to shake off the schmaltz and re-establish Robin Williams, uncut. His particular brand of madness--his ability to take on a multitude of roles--is what keeps him alive, balanced on his high wire. Laughter keeps him up there, prevents him from falling. That is why he cannot stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can The Real Robin Still Stand Up? | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

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