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...Having grown up tracking his father's venality, Jasper has little use for the man. But two other observers provide a less sinister account. Snow Soong, daughter of the biggest Chinese tin magnate in the valley, is a willowy beauty whom Johnny woos and weds through guile and determination. Barely a year later Snow dies giving birth to Jasper, but not before producing a diary that forms the second narrative. It depicts Johnny as a clueless bumpkin whom she can't wait to ditch, probably for a suave, handsome Japanese professor named Kunichika who has befriended her parents...
...after Johnny's death, reveals all?about the murder of a British mine operator on the trip, about Kunichika's sinister connections to the Japanese troops then poised to invade the Malay peninsula, and about Johnny's growing anguish over his reluctant bride. In Wormwood's literate and lively account, Johnny is a likable, slightly pathetic figure battered by the forces of British colonialism, Japanese militarism and, finally, his own greed...
Independent of concerns for the environment, we have an obvious, national security interest in reducing our dependence on foreign oil. Oil imports account for 62 percent of current domestic consumption, and their contribution continues to increase. A tax on gasoline could promote a switch to more energy efficient vehicles. Politicians, however, show little inclination to take such a step even if the tax were implemented in a revenue neutral form. It could be offset, for example, by a reduction in taxes on income and/or capital. We could institute a purchase tax on gas-guzzlers offset by a subsidy for fuel...
...United States is the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide. With five percent of the world’s population, we account for 22 percent of emissions. Electricity generation, associated mainly with combustion of coal, accounts for 40 percent of US emissions. Transportation, fueled primarily by oil, is responsible for an additional 32 percent, with the balance due to a combination of home/office heating and cooling (11 percent) and various industrial processes (18 percent...
...gloves came off when de Villepin took to the radio and declared that France needed new policies and direction - and indicated he'd be available to provide that leadership, confessing he was one of those "who all their lives prepare to fulfill missions." Change, he said, should "take ... into account the feelings, hopes, and frustrations being expressed" by a fearful French nation that requires "policies more proactive, bolder and more socially aware." Though never explicitly naming himself heir apparent to Raffarin, de Villepin's ambitions seemed obvious when he indicated his comments had been cleared by his mentor President Jacques...