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...company's sustainable development efforts. They include ensuring Total is working with local communities around the world and developing new sources of energy, including wind. Gires is especially proud of a recent $4 billion project in Venezuela that produces and refines extra-heavy crude from the Orinoco basin that a decade ago would have been left in the ground. As part of its efforts to support people living in the area, Total not only built schools, medical facilities and roads but also employed experts to study public health issues there. After discovering that many local diseases were linked to water...
Hoping to benefit from the deep, dry snow on the north face of Montana's Lone Mountain, America's first new destination ski resort in 20 years plans to open there Thanksgiving weekend. Moonlight Basin, right around the mountain from the east-facing, 30-year-old Big Sky Resort, will charge only $39 for its all-day adult lift ticket (its rival asks $59). A six-person express lift will take skiers from the base to above Timberline. Moonlight's 3,050 ft. of vertical descent, including 1,200 ft. of inbound hike-up terrain, is on a par with...
...Basin, meanwhile, gave the same wrong answer as Naam—but had wagered nothing, leaving him with a still-commanding lead over both Ivy League competitors...
Asked about the average color of the universe, Basin blandly wondered, “What is tan?” while Naam showed a bit of crimson vocabulary in asking “What is taupe?” Both, however, were ruled wrong...
...common ingredient in a garden salad, the Yalie jumped to ask, “What is bell pepper?”—the wrong response. Naam, however, buzzed in with “What is Alexander Bell Pepper,” which the judges ruled correct. Basin had no reply to the puzzler...