Word: abruptness
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...can tell when the politicians are getting serious about an issue: they stop taking cheap shots at one another and suddenly become pragmatic. Amazingly, that's happening right now on global warming. Just as the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns of "abrupt and irreversible" damage if we don't take immediate action, a serious piece of climate legislation is beginning to pick up speed in the U.S. Senate...
...with a thud on George W. Bush's desk shortly before the 2008 election. Bush has always said he would veto any bill with mandatory carbon caps. But he recently sent a back-channel signal to Congress that he might be willing to deal. Now that would be some abrupt and irreversible climate change...
...nature cautious and measured. That makes the dire tone of the just-released final report from the fourth assessment of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a network of thousands of international scientists, all the more striking. Global warming is "unequivocal." Climate change will bring "abrupt and irreversible changes." The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity. "Today the world's scientists have spoken clearly, and with one voice," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, who attended...
...Then, Joe and Bob tried to capture age, but they failed there too. Finally, they tried to capture “the face”—a vision of a lost love. While they were able to achieve some meaning, this soon came to an abrupt end when the elderly man who’d been leading their creative endeavor simply stood up and walked away. The second play, “Cascando,” continued this theme, with a writer desperate to finish the ultimate story before going to sleep. But his desperation to finish...
...traits all help to create a parallel of the young man and fully-formed rapper. The mini-Hova even has a belt buckle that says, “JAY.” How cute. Both are quite the partiers, it seems. And they also run their respective blocks. The abrupt ending of both the party and the video is brought on by gunshots fired by mysterious, suited men. Look’s like the party is over—for now. The “to be continued...” cliffhanger supertitle gives us hope that another cameo-heavy...