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Even though President Barack Obama has taken almost a 180?? turn from former President George W. Bush on climate change, Obama's negotiators will be hamstrung if Congress can't deliver emissions cuts in time. The White House can point to unilateral steps it has taken - like the Sept. 15 move to place the first-ever national limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles - but that might not be enough. "U.S. negotiators have made it pretty clear they won't get ahead of the stated will of Congress," says Jonathan Lash, the president of the World Resources Institute. "Without action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Health-Care Casualty: Cap and Trade | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...design on a limited budget. For $50,000 Fambro found some off-the-shelf software--the same kind NASA uses to test the drag of its space vehicles. To keep drag as low as possible, for example, the three-wheeled car has no side-view mirrors--the driver has 180?? rear visibility with the help of rear-mounted cameras. He estimates that today's computing power is so fast and so cheap that he can do "with three guys what a big company such as Boeing 10 years ago took a few hundred people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...children and initially opposed the program. "It couldn't have been more the 180?? opposite. Any reservations I had are gone," he says. "The babies were a great source of morale. Everyone enjoyed seeing them--they were happier people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bringing Babies to Work | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...180?? Temperature to which coffee will be heated at Starbucks--30° hotter than normal--if it is requested extra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Mar. 15, 2004 | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...aluminum platters stacked on top of these BeoLab 5 speakers aren't just for show. They're designed to distribute the high-and mid-range sound waves emanating from within the cone-shaped speakers a full 180??--without the usual sweet and not-so-sweet spots. To ensure that the speakers sound their best in any space, there's a built-in calibration system. Simply press the button on top of each speaker. It will send out test bass notes and then automatically adjust the sound to be evenly distributed. Pumping out 2,500 watts apiece, these saucy speakers definitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Carry A Tune | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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