Word: adopter
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...Anne Kelly, federal Nationals M.P. in the Queensland seat of Dawson, got e-savvy after visiting a local school. Only one of the students she met read the paper - most got news online. "We had to adopt a more diverse approach to getting our message out," Kelly says. She needed an expert - and hired an 18-year-old. "He had a MySpace site done for me within an hour. He knows how to upload videos and get his friends onto the site. We call him our techno-gecko...
...lead. Following in that tradition, in 2005 California passed a law that would tighten greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, starting with 2009 models, eventually leading to a 30% reduction in overall global warming emissions by model year 2016. Sixteen other states, both red and blue, have moved to adopt California's standards since, but to implement the legislation, Sacramento needed a routine waiver from the federal Environmental Protection Agency...
...Since the last time we saw $100 oil, the U.S. economy has become twice as efficient in its use of energy," Yergin tells TIME. "The question now is, Can we become twice as efficient again?" And can we entice the Asian behemoths to adopt those efficiencies? "This is a test of consumers, of government policies and of the pace and breadth of our ability to innovate...
...mini-sized, but they had a pre-game video and everything. By the way, isn't the pre-game coin toss always so cool for Harvard? Three Columbia guys walk out to mid-field holding hands, while Brad Bagdis runs out alone, looking all baller-like. More teams should adopt the one-captain mantra...
...Arthur L. Boland, is the Head Orthopedic Surgeon for the Crimson’s medical room, and William J. Cleary, Jr. ’56, a member of Xenith’s Board of Directors, served as Harvard’s athletic director from 1990-2001. If Harvard does adopt the new helmet, the implementation will be a type of medical test. “I’m not interested in making money off the Harvard football team,” Ferrara said. “We’re taking a medical device approach.” Unlike...