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...increases of energy supply," asserts Amory Lovins, director of research at Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass, Colo. "Efficiency is a clear winner in the market, leaving everything else in the dust." Declares Lester Brown, president of the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute: "We as a nation should be hell-bent for efficiency. The exciting thing about conservation is, we have a huge potential for savings with already existing technology...
...make the movement of money as invisible as possible. His tangle of offshore corporations, banks, trusts and foundations is one of the most complex and secretive banking networks ever developed. As a result, his market includes tax avoiders, intelligence agencies, political bribers, arms dealers, narcotics traffickers and national leaders bent on looting their countries (Manuel Noriega was a customer). Former B.C.C.I. bankers estimate that 15% to 20% of B.C.C.I.'s multibillion-dollar cash flow involved flight capital -- "unofficial money," as they prefer to call...
...laudible photograph of this style is Tsumago Children, In which the extreme focus of the background makes it appear entirely flat. Thus the position of the young girl is disquieting--she seems suspended in an awkward pose above the boy. The bent pipe which runs the length of this picture and the odd stance of the boy heighten the uncomfortable depiction of an impossible space...
...doubtful, however, that Widerman ends his wrestling practices in the same spirit that Bunker ends her classes: Head bent down, she speaks solemnly to her class, "I honor you with all respect. I honor you with my heart...
...unbelievable that America has bent over backwards to prevent the Syrians from leaving the coalition. How can we value a regime like Assad's as an ally, even in time...