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...came out in favor of mandatory caps on carbon emissions, a move that also blew down the straw house of the deny-and-delay crowd. The legislation that Warner has written with Lieberman, an Independent, combines elements of earlier, stillborn bills, and it won crucial backing from California Senator Barbara Boxer, Democratic chairwoman of the Environment Committee. "This is an election issue," she says. "Voters need to know which Senators believe global warming is real and which...
...first round. The Crimson will look to improve on last year’s showing. After defeating Binghampton 2-1 in the first round, Harvard fell 3-0 to UCLA in the round of 32. The Bears went on to lose in the championship game to UC Santa Barbara. —JULIA R. SENIOR
...BARBARA BOXER, U.S. Senator, after Congress dealt President Bush the first veto override of his Administration, on a $23.2 billion water-resources bill...
...most of us, the sinking of the Titanic is a tragic historical event. For Barbara West Dainton, one of the last two survivors, the 1912 disaster was intensely personal. Her father, who helped shuttle 10-month-old Barbara, along with her sister and mother, onto a lifeboat, was one of the 1,500 lost. Over the years, Dainton refused to discuss the events, and she insisted her funeral take place before her death was announced. She?...
...generalized anxiety among Americans as they face a growing agenda of problems and very little progress in overcoming them.” The public disillusionment is part of a historic trajectory that began in the 1970s, with high-profile political assassinations and the Vietnam War, Kennedy School professors said. Barbara Kellerman, a former director at the Center, said leaders face a difficult audience, citing Lawrence H. Summers’ resignation from the University presidency last year. “When Summers made his last misstep, people just rose up against him. The days of leaders being immune to criticism...