Word: act
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...Would being caught in the act lessen Banksy's mystique? Certainly, his work now seems to depend on anonymity. Perhaps, in the future, he should leave the mask...
...that the sitting Member, Malcolm Turnbull, is egregiously ambitious and opportunistic even by politicians' standards. In addition, Turnbull may pay a price for being the Environment Minister in a government that has just approved a pulp mill in Tasmania's Tamar Valley and that's seen as slow to act on climate change...
Subsidies aren't the only cause of expansion, but they do "wed farming regions to an ongoing pattern of economic consolidation," concluded the Kansas City study. Nebraska's Center for Rural Affairs found the 2002 farm bill--the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act--spent six times as much on subsidies for the state's top 20 farmers as on rural development programs for the 20 counties losing the most population. And the South's cotton and rice farmers get even fatter checks than Middle America's grain farmers, which is why Korth managed to persuade the Nebraska Farm Bureau...
USAGE California legislators passed the Vampire Slayers Act, which will detail how much energy certain appliances can use. Legislation aside, individuals can easily cut down on their energy consumption by investing in government-backed Energy Star appliances or new technologies that closely monitor their home's energy use. In the meantime, simply switching off power-strip cords every night will make a huge difference...
...Australia, where many of the world's top racing horses are sired, syndicate schemes allowing investors to put up as little as $5,400 are growing in popularity. Australian organizations such as Dynamic Syndications act as a kind of online matchmaking service, helping to put would-be ownership groups together with promising thoroughbreds through a website that features photos and video clips of horses, detailed reports on their medical fitness, and results from time trials and races. "Our website is like a mini-TV station," says Dynamic Syndications managing director Dean Watt. "If you could put a smell through...