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...lighting and abundantly available power are considered almost sensual experiences, more than just metaphors for modernity." But the affection for dazzling lights has not translated into a commensurate investment in energy infrastructure, notwithstanding China's showpiece $25 billion Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project. In 1993, amid a frenzy of bureaucratic belt tightening, China eliminated its Ministry of Energy, leaving power policy scattered among various, largely uncoordinated entities. Then, in 1998, after a brief oversupply of electricity following the Asian financial crisis, Beijing issued a moratorium on the construction of coal-fueled power plants for three years...
...even bolder interpretations of anti-torture laws. A Justice Department memo in August advised the CIA that torturing al-Qaeda terrorists abroad "may be justified," the Washington Post reported last week. In December, Rumsfeld approved a list of 17 interrogation tactics for Guantanamo, including sleep deprivation and "stress" positions. Amid concerns that the tactics violated international law, Rumsfeld withdrew the list a month later and asked for a policy review. He issued a new list in April 2003 that is still in use. According to a former Pentagon official who worked on the review, the final list of approved techniques...
...were being held. Italian newspapers speculated that the government may have paid a ransom. Calling such claims "fantasy and falsehoods," a buoyant Berlusconi appeared on news programs from the G-8 summit in Georgia to proclaim that he personally "took the responsibility" to green-light the rescue mission. Amid all the sincere relief and jubilation, some also saw political calculation in the Prime Minister's delight: his struggling government needed all the help it could get before last weekend's European Parliament polls
...hockey road trip. Rewind a bit, and the previous summer I was getting hit on by skeezy sportswriters at the Buffalo Bills’ training camp. Go even further back in time, and I was sitting quite comfortably in the stands at the Murr Center watching our squash teams amid players’ family and friends...
Instead of cracking under the pressure as defeat appeared closer on the hushed field, Brotemarkle came straight at the last two batters, forcing two pop-ups to co-captain Sara Williamson at second base. Then, amid cheers and rally caps in the dugout, Brotemarkle’s offense miraculously mustered two runs with two outs to go ahead 2-1 and take the game...