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...bicycles.” In 2004, the Environmental Action Committee proposed an initiative to the student body that allowed them to add a $10 fee to their term bill to help fund innovative wind energy on campus, McKinnon said. The administration vetoed the initiative, but pledged to match any amount of funding that the Environmental Action Committee could raise for other environmentally-friendly projects—including the bike sharing program, McKinnon said. For his part, bike shop employee Gation offered a positive prognosis for the program. “Any program which allows students to move around campus efficiently...
...played into the hands of skeptics who argue that despite the more liberal face, it is still business as usual for the gringo colossus. "There were a lot of words and pats on the back," wrote political commentator Ciro Gomez Leyva. "It is not nothing, but neither does it amount to very much." (See pictures from Mexico's drug wars...
...been a key factor in her success on the track.“Favia’s persistence comes from her ability to keep a positive attitude through hardships,” Merritt’s teammate Sean Gil said. “She can tolerate a huge amount of discomfort, and never lets it limit her performance. Deep under her bubbly personality, there is subtle and intense determination that seems to drive her to achieve.”Her presence is always well known at meets, whether it is when she is flying past her opponents, cheering...
...loyalists are cringing. But as just about every loser learns, "this is the hardest money to raise in politics," says former Federal Election Commission (FEC) chairman Robert Lenhard. Clinton's operation in particular relied heavily on traditional big donors, most of whom maxed out during the campaign on the amount they were legally allowed to give. Meanwhile, amid hard economic times - and absent the political intensity of a hard-fought campaign - it is more difficult to get small donors to open their checkbooks. Still, Clinton is determined to clear her balance sheet. "She feels a real moral obligation...
...Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Filipinos comprise nearly half the captives; a majority of the rest are from India, with smaller numbers from other South and Southeast Asian countries. In all these countries, sailing is seen as a tough but lucrative profession that fetches handsome dollar incomes relative to the amount of education required. Even amid the present economic gloom, officers' salaries have not plunged due to a shortage of qualified people. Indians and Filipinos are most in demand on international vessels because they speak English. But many Indian seafarers are now refusing to do the Gulf of Aden run. "Sailors...