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There are some people who don't. I think the science is clear that human activity is contributing to global warming, and I think it's urgent we act on it. Since America won't sign up to [the Kyoto agreement], I'm trying to see if we can put in place a process that binds together not just the main developed countries but China and India, who are going to be major consumers of energy...
Donella M. Rapier, Harvard’s vice president for alumni affairs and development, said yesterday that the University would not comment until the agreement is signed, although she did confirm that discussions between Ellison and Harvard were ongoing...
...agreement came nearly a year after Woodlock found Shleifer, who is the Jones professor of economics, and Jonathan Hay, a former Harvard employee, liable for conspiring to defraud the government. The two men made personal investments in Russia while advising a U.S.-funded program to privatize the economy there in the 1990s...
Lawyers on both sides of the case would not comment on the agreement, and there was no indication as to the extent of damages or whether Harvard, Shleifer, or Hay would admit wrongdoing under the settlement. Spokespeople for Harvard and the U.S. district attorney’s office said that the terms of the settlement would be made public once it is signed...
...Almost all the groups hoping to topple Arroyo have a similar plan, with one significant variation: who will be in the junta and, most crucial, who will head it. That lack of agreement, and the fact that there's no obvious public support for such a move, has been to Arroyo's advantage?for now. But, warns De Villa, who has launched his own reform movement, "there is a gathering political storm that will affect all of us." So far, it's a mud storm, but Arroyo will have to work hard to keep from getting buried...