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...have been shouting into the wind for years about ethanol. Certainly, its widespread use would reduce our dependency on fossil fuel, but we would simply be burning a different - albeit renewable - source of carbon. Kevin Russell, Goolwa, South Australia...
...battered U.S. airline industry must head: scaled back, smarter, more global and perhaps even profitable. With just 122 planes, 13,600 employees and about $5 billion in revenue last year, all the Virgin airlines put together--Branson's Virgin Group has stakes in Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America, V Australia and Virgin Blue in Australia and Virgin Nigeria--are a speck in the eye of the largest U.S. carrier, American, whose 655 planes generated $23 billion in sales...
...trend has spread: At least 10 U.S. cities have considered or passed some form of ban on the innocent polyethylene bag, from Oakland to Boston, Annapolis to Portland. And, in an effort to seem green, government ministers from England to Australia have promised to wage war on plastic. Reportedly, plastic bags clog up landfills and kill fish; they guzzle oil and energy; they decay far slower than other waste and are difficult to recycle. In fact, the bans are a case of style over substance: Plastic bags are relatively harmless in environmental terms, and where they are a problem...
...recent realignments in foreign relations have seemed substantial - France's new engagement with the U.S.; musical chairs in the Kremlin; the Shi'a revival; the defeat of Australia's long-serving Prime Minister John Howard; indeed, the departure in June last year of Blair - none of them match the seismic shift expected on Nov. 4. Despite the growing power of China and India and a resurgent Russia, the election of a new U.S. President is still the biggest event in the international political calendar...
...teacher’s license. Fallon hopes to follow a similar path, perhaps starting a dancing school of his own. The pair’s love for stepping was enhanced by their experience at the World Championships, where they watched competitors from countries such as Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. The best part of the championships, Fallon says, is “seeing the very best Irish dancers. It’s good dancing to watch.” While local competitions feature dancers of all levels, championships are only for the top performers. O’Briend described...