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Nuclear plants are another clean power source, at least in terms of air pollution, but splitting the atom won't solve China's energy problems either. The government's controls on electricity prices and its failure to adopt international nuclear-safety standards have discouraged foreign investors from helping China build commercial reactors. Only two nuclear plants are in operation, and one of those was built to supply electricity mainly to Hong Kong at rates five times as high as what can be charged in China. Jiang Xinxiong, president of the China Nuclear Industry Corp., predicts that 20 more atom plants...
Guns and Magic: U.S. troops adopt some unusual tactics...
...people hold meetings so they can attract members, elect leaders and adopt bylaws which they can then submit to the [COCL]," Epps said...
...votes earlier this year, the HBS faculty decided to adopt an amended year-round calendar and to reduce the number of required courses. The faculty also voted to create a required course that will provide first-year students with a unified introduction to the foundations of business...
Runaways who really don't want to be found quickly adopt street names, often such crude synonyms as Lunatic, Fury, Speedster or Dopey. "Never tell anybody anything, that's my rule," says a 16-year-old from Ukiah in northwestern California. The slim, blond youth -- call him Billy -- says he spent a year living in a stairwell near the Scientology center on Hollywood Boulevard after his parents kicked him out of the house: another story of drugs and alcohol and late-night fights. On a good day, Billy earns $10 panhandling; he stuffs the money in his shoe. That...