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Last fall, the University entered into a voluntary—and legally binding—agreement with the state to keep the greenhouse gas emissions of its new science complex at 50 percent below the national standard while other future projects would be capped at 30 percent below the standard...
...expected to profit most, but manufacturers like white-goods maker Fisher & Paykel and fashion house Icebreaker also stand to gain from easier access to China's low-cost factories as well as to its fast-growing middle class. The projected $300 million annual income boost from the free-trade agreement "is obviously worth having," says Skilling. But "given that our total exports are about $NZ40 billion [$32 billion] a year, it's pretty small." The real action, he says, will lie in the "dynamic effect" of a bigger Kiwi presence in China and "the signal that, Hey, China...
WILL THERE BE MORE REFORMS AHEAD? Probably, but mostly economic ones. These moves seem to emulate the Chinese model: Give people more access to hard currency and free markets while keeping a lock on political dissent. But Ral has encouraged public debate on Cuba's system, and his recent agreement to allow in U.N. rights inspectors could prompt more...
...that makes you cringe. For example: “How would you like to have a sexual experience so intense it could conceivably change your political views?” 5. For every remark about ugly, uptight New England college students. This shot can be in defiance or in agreement. 6. Whenever John Cusack is drinking a beer. Two if he’s having it for breakfast. 7. For every man in embarrassingly short shorts. 8. Every time a character repeats a line from earlier in the movie. 9. When things can’t get any worse...
...uncertainty, Sadr aide Hazem al-Araji said that, after negotiating with the Iraqi government, an agreement had been reached that militants would not disarm. "Jaish al Mahdi [the Mahdi Army] will not surrender its weapons to the state," he said, "because they are weapons of national resistance...