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...that-in the absence of federal action-have moved to restrict CO2 emissions. Gore wasn't declaring victory. "I feel like the country singer who spends 30 years on the road to become an overnight sensation," he said with a smile. "And I've seen public interest wax and wane before-but this time does feel different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Temptation of Al Gore | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...Western Europe. Before he left Washington, the President discussed his trip with TIME White House Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett and Senior Correspondent John F. Stacks. The President's voice was raspy-the result, he said, of a malfunctioning fireplace that had filled his den with smoke the night before-but he seemed relaxed as he talked about foreign policy. Highlights of the interview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Interview with President Reagan | 6/7/1982 | See Source »

...comply with a state order to dispose of the chemicals, a court appointed a custodian: William Vance, an easygoing small-town lawyer and president of the Jackson County Bar Association. He inherited the mess in February. Says he: "Like most of the citizenry, I wasn't that concerned before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Poisoning of America | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

...latter group made the four days bearable. Not that they had been through such a thing before-but through it all they never lost their strong, if off, collective sense of humor. And they had the Pong machine and the 13-ball Foosball game to keep us amused. Still, it came down to about fifty of us sitting around, sick of being inside, sick of sitting in a basement and eating hamburgers and frozen french fries. Californians don't take the inside too well. There were a lot of quarters plunked into the two machines until Joe "got tired...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Snowbound in Utah | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...third and last day of the visit, the two Presidents announced a wide-ranging agreement that brought Egypt and the U.S. closer together than ever before-but will pose delicate problems for Nixon when he visits Israel this week. The President promised to try to provide Egypt with nuclear reactors and the know-how to operate atomic-power stations by the early 1980s. The main catch: working out a foolproof safeguard system to guarantee that the Egyptians could not use the nuclear equipment to make atomic weapons. The prospect of the Arabs' getting nuclear help from the U.S. raised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: A Triumphant Middle East Hegira | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

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