Word: caps
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Even Republican candidates sound like they accept the reality of climate change, and the major Democratic candidates have all released surprisingly aggressive plans on energy and carbon, including front-runner Hillary Clinton, who called on Nov. 5 for a cap-and-trade system that would cut carbon emissions to 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. She's in line with the rest of the Democrats, and it's fairly remarkable that a position that would have been considered extreme eight years ago - when a certain Nobel laureate was running for President - is now orthodox in the Democratic party. And even...
...selfless player; a few years ago Brady took a below-market paycheck so the Pats could surround him with above-market talent. While Manning's contract is much richer - $98 million, with a whopping $34.5 million signing bonus - he restructured it this off-season to save the Colts salary cap space. Manning's work ethic is universally admired, and he makes everyone around him a better player. And face it: though all those commercials overexpose him a bit, he is nothing if not likable...
...that it preaches. When the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change begins in Bali on Dec. 3, I hope that President Bush is there free of the specter of Byrd-Hagel—and that Congress also recognizes the need for us take a global lead, accept an emissions cap, and make sure that emissions reduction happens domestically...
...beer - and I do so often from April to October, televised baseball being the primary pastime where I live in New England - the bottle opener plays the radio call of the Red Sox 2004 World Series win. The opener has an electronic chip inside that makes removing a cap almost operatic, the way Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez does when running the bases - throwing off his helmet as if it were filled with angry hornets...
...very next question was about global warming. Obama laid out his rigorous cap-and-trade plan for reducing carbon emissions, but then he said, "One of the themes of this campaign is to tell voters what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear ... So I've got to tell you there will be a cost to this - and the utility companies will pass it along to consumers. You can expect a spike in electricity prices," although, he added, the new technology should ultimately bring those prices back down...