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...might entail, amongst other things, dealing with the “addiction” side of our “oil addiction.” The administration and Congress must be willing to formulate policies that go beyond the August 2005 Energy Policy Act, which is glaringly lacking in bold conservation measures. Contrary to Vice President Richard B. Cheney’s belief that conservation is merely a “personal virtue,” one of the quickest ways for the U.S. to cutback on imports of oil is to stop using so much of it. Even with...
...should have trusted the Lionsgaters. Handed the tough sell of a multistory drama about racial tension, they made bold decisions: to open the film in May and play it on 1,900 screens, get the cast on Oprah, then saturate the film community with 130,000 DVDs. "Nothing sells itself," says co-star and co-producer Don Cheadle, who was pleased when Crash became the right kind of controversial film--"the quintessential watercooler movie...
...into budgetary problems and decided to go around the bureaucrats standing in the way. When he got an unexpected call from the human-resources department, he figured he was going to be fired for insurrection. Instead, Joe Laymon, group vice president of human resources, urged him to "be bold and do the right thing"--encouraging his maverick behavior. "There was a fear of failure," says Laymon, of the cultural legacy. "We need to instill in people that it's O.K. to fall off the bike...
...raise money for the charity Habitat for Humanity. Captain Kirk's renal calculus was snapped up by online casino Goldenpalace.com which added the specimen to its collection of oddities, including a partially eaten sandwich thought to contain the image of the Virgin Mary. "This is a bold new addition to our fleet," said the casino's CEO, evidently a longtime Trekkie. Shatner says his stone is no mere lump of calcium. "If you subjected it to extreme heat, it might turn out to be a diamond...
...review, the College’s first since the 1970s, has been beset by delays over the past year and dogged by criticism that it lacks bold new ideas. An article in The New York Times on Jan. 8 noted that the general education report contained concepts already produced by curricular reviews at Yale and other peer institutions and said that the report “landed on many desks not so much with a thud as a rustle...