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...developing nations that are not yet required to regulate emissions are building good habits into their infrastructure through reporting mechanisms that will lead to increased awareness and later action against environmentally harmful practices. For another, the most developed countries are the worst emitters. Third, the protocol has a built-in framework to renegotiate the treaty in 2012, at which time the status of countries that have progressed and began to have higher emissions can be reconsidered. And lastly, the United States needs to take to be an international leader in fighting pollution and slowing climate change—engaging...
...addition, Kindle allows users to subscribe to newspapers and magazines and has a built-in Web browser. It has other perks, too, like long battery life, speakers for audiobooks, the ability to highlight text for future reference, and a built-in dictionary...
Solomon believes that such an opposition-oriented interest in the Middle East can be extremely limiting. “I sometimes worry that they go to these great lengths to study Arabic and the Middle East without making the effort to change their built-in perceptions,” she says of Jewish students at Harvard. “It’s the kind of thing that Arabic students talk about—there are the people who study Arabic because they want to be in the CIA, and there are the people who study it because they feel...
...first task was to design a machine that would allow kids to connect wirelessly to the Internet without an outside source of electricity, and that would be rugged enough to function in often harsh conditions. Prototypes of the laptop (dubbed XO) - with built-in video and audio, a hand-crank and low wattage requirements - are getting high marks from technology reviewers. Some 8,000 units are up and running in pilot villages from Cambodia to Uruguay. But perhaps an even more difficult task was to generate enough mass interest in the project to allow the computer to be produced...
...According to Marjorie E. Powell, senior assistant general counsel for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, interactions between industry and academia have led to improved treatments for patients. Those discoveries, in turn, have outweighed the potential for conflicts of interest. “There are a variety of built-in safeguards,” Powell said. “I don’t think patients need to be worried about doctors in academic medical centers being influenced by pharmaceutical companies.” Campbell agreed that some interaction is beneficial, but said certain financial ties were...