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...architect selected for the project, specializes in environmentally friendly design. The plans call for winter gardens and heat extraction methods to keep the complex’s greenhouse gas emissions capped at 50 percent below the national standard. Glass sky bridges will connect the four buildings in an attempt to aid interdisciplinary collaboration...
Students at the University of Iowa might find themselves setting their alarm clocks for early Friday morning as administrators there attempt to curb Thursday-night drinking. The university is offering incentives to departments to schedule classes on Friday mornings after the results of a recent study suggested that undergrads would drink less the night before...
...money from those who want favors and will later extract them? Do candidates not pander to their base support? Do they not flip-flop shamelessly on the issues? Do they not parrot clichés - the need for American "leadership" in the world is a favorite one - with little attempt to educate their audiences in the complexities of the age? Is the exercise not a great license for an army of pundits to bloviate, often inaccurately, in the papers, on TV, and in a thousand blogs, so much so that you can forgive those who tell pollsters (too many...
...bomb-proof limousines. The convoy sped by refugee camps and bounced over potholed roads to Abbas's compound. Meanwhile, a senior Israeli police official told TIME that Israel Special Forces and an emergency medical team were at the ready on the outskirts of Ramallah in case of an assassination attempt - they were particularly watchful for a car bombing. "The Americans didn't take any chances whatsoever in dealing with us or with the Palestinians," the official said. "They did everything to break the routine, do the opposite of what a terrorist might expect...
...good to get that eight-point lead going into halftime.” With the team up 35-27 at the break, the Crimson got a lucky bounce early on in the second half to start its run. Freshman guard T.J. Carey drove for a lay-up attempt that was emphatically swatted away by Raider center Alex Woodhouse. Fortunately for the home team, he swatted it right to Pusar at the three-point line, who nailed the open shot. The visitors wouldn’t go away and cut the lead down to six at 44-38 with...