Word: breakthroughs
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...opposite end of the pop spectrum, Kylie's rendition of her latest single Wow was all bright and shiny, totally making up for the unfortunate Joan Rivers-esque hairstyle and a dress so slinky the only dancing she could manage was a side-to-side shoulder shrug. British Breakthrough Act winner Mika - as always, channeling Freddie Mercury - opened the show with a greatest-hits medley that took in three different set changes and a guest appearance by Beth Ditto. And the evening ended with another medley, this one by Paul McCartney, who was there to pick up the Outstanding Contribution...
More than four decades later, affection has finally blossomed into something you can take to the bank. Lockheed Martin announced this week that it will supply six Super Hercules C130-Js to India in a deal worth $1 billion - a breakthrough that the U.S. hopes will open a floodgate of orders for its military hardware. During the Cold War, India relied on the Soviet Union for most of its arms, and Russia is still India's biggest supplier. Now U.S. companies want to cash in on closer political and strategic ties between America and India and grab a much bigger...
Senior Molly Boyle had a career afternoon in the weight throw, winning the event with a heave of 15.98 meters. Co-captain Sally Stanton continued her form from last weekend’s breakthrough event, equaling her career-best pole vault mark of 3.75 meters in winning the event. Fellow senior Clara Blattler cleared 3.65 meters to take second place...
...meters in the pole vault, a season-best, while fellow senior Danielle Mirabal took second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.80 seconds. Junior Elissa Reidy took second in the triple jump with a personal-best 11.85 meters. “This was a real breakthrough meet for me,” Stanton said. “This is the highest I’ve jumped this early in the season. I’ve jumped 3.70 before, but typically my highest height’s at the end of the season when we?...
Hours and hours of hearings finally led to a legislative breakthrough in December: the passage out of the committee of the first bill that would put carbon caps on the U.S. economy. Co-sponsored by the Republican Sen. John Warner and the Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the America's Climate Security Act would cap U.S. carbon emissions at 15% below 2005 levels by 2020, with a 70% cut projected for 2050. If enacted, those carbon caps would all but force U.S. businesses to invest in cleaner technology and greater energy efficiency, and would help the country take a leadership role...