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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...significantly, reduce fuel consumption and emissions. Biodiesel, too, could get you very close to the point where you can have a neutral carbon footprint. This can all be attained in a relatively shorter space of time, and at lower costs, than waiting 20 years-plus until we get our act together with electric cars. I should say, though, that hybrids are important. It is not diesel vs. hybrid - they are complementary technologies. We, too, will be producing hybrids - diesel ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Audi Is Cleaning Up with Clean Diesel | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Proponents say the tax credit has helped breathe life into the comatose housing sector and that its extension is critical. "Failure to act now could derail the fragile housing recovery even before it has time to take root, " said Jerry Howard, president and chief executive of the National Association of Home Builders, in a recent statement. (See six year-end tax tips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the Home Buyers' Tax Credit Be Extended? | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Reading a novel is the act of investigating what the secret center of the novel is and enjoying the aesthetic pleasure of the details along...

Author: By Clio C. Smurro, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pamuk Gives Last Norton Lecture | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Afghan theater is quickly becoming the main act in the Obama administration’s Middle East policy. As a result, the success of U.S. efforts in the region is inextricably tied to that of the Afghan government and its establishment as a legitimate authority. Unfortunately, the recent withdrawal of Abdullah Abdullah from the Afghan presidential race represents a poor decision on Abdullah’s part and a step back on Afghanistan’s road to recovery. Abdullah’s decision not to challenge incumbent Hamid Karzai in a runoff election can be explained as a principled...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Democratic Failure | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Student Initiatives Committee introduced a grants program proposal last month that included revisions and additional restrictions to April’s Social Grants Act to alleviate ensuing administrator concerns raised last semester...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Naveen N. Srivatsa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: UC Social Grants Stalled | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

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