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...wealthiest nations. According to The New York Times, the average American citizen produces 20 tons of carbon dioxide each year, compared to only 3.8 tons in China and 1.2 tons in India. Although all countries must deal with the impacts of climate change, most of the burden will be borne by the world’s poorest nations. This is due partly to their geographic locations—generally nearer to the equator, where climate change will cause more devastating changes than areas closer to the poles—and due partly to their inability to fund measures to mitigate...
...moment was Clinton's most heartfelt since she got teary at a voter's question in New Hampshire, but it had a valedictory, almost elegiac feel to it. Going into the debate, the burden had been on Clinton to change a dynamic that has turned against her, as Barack Obama has racked up 11 victories in a row in the two weeks since Super Tuesday, grabbing the lead in pledged delegates, and momentum. An ABC News-Washington Post poll released shortly before the debate showed Clinton in a statistical dead heat against Obama in Texas, and hanging onto only...
...have launched the long sail down the African coast. As for the Ark? Before Islam, Arabia contained many Jewish-controlled oases, and in the 500s AD, the period's only Jewish kingdom. It abutted Senna. In any case, the area might have beckoned to exiled Jews bearing a special burden. Parfitt also found eighth-century accounts of the Ark in Arabia, by Jews-turned-Muslims. He posits that at some undefined point the Lemba became the caretakers of the Ark, or the ngoma...
Moreover, the shift to club means a simultaneous shifting of the administrative burden to students. No longer will the Athletic Department schedule games, practices, or transportation for the teams. Instead, this will all have to be done by the students themselves. And while club team leaders seem to have accepted this inevitable responsibility, some JV players are reluctant to transition their teams to club teams simply because of that reason...
...truly wanted to support women by designating specific gym space for them, it would do so by mandating hours and location in a way that were actually practical. But rightfully seeing that inconveniencing a significant portion of its campus was not a viable option, Harvard has instead decided to burden a minority in the Quad...