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From the green perspective, the Bush Administration has been an unmitigated disaster, with sins of omission (the failure to do anything significant on climate change) and commission (stealthy attempts to weaken environmental protections such as the Endangered Species Act). For Bush's successor, that legacy means having to play catch-up starting Jan. 20 on a dusty list of green issues; to name a few: national action on capping carbon, reengaging with the United Nations climate change treaty process, America's addiction to foreign oil, water shortages in the Southwest and accelerated species loss...
...whole, we started off very slowly,” senior co-captain Jon Garrity said. “My first four races were pretty bad, and [sophomore Teddy Himler] was over early in the first race. We were playing catch-up from that point...
...Putin has used the opportunity presented by Saakashvili to show Russia's neighbors that Washington's tough talk could not be matched by any meaningful response to the Kremlin's military campaign. Bush may now be trying to play catch-up with his tough talk, but reversing the impact of the Russian offensive will require a lot more than stitching up a bloodied Georgia and casting Russia out of the G-8 or boycotting the 2014 Winter Olympics. (Thursday's announcement of a deal between the U.S. and Poland to station missile interceptors on Russia's doorstep over increasingly bellicose...
...launch of Sputnik threw America into catch-up mode, funding for astrophysical research became very readily available, recalled Robert J. Davis ’51, who was a Harvard graduate student doing astronomy research at the time...
...everything together, to get really focused, especially on the starting line,” Powers said. “That’s something we’ve been working on all season, trying to be full-speed at the start so we’re not playing catch-up from the beginning.”OBERG TROPHYAfter a solid Saturday, the Crimson faltered a bit in Sunday’s races to place sixth at the Northeastern-hosted Oberg Trophy.“I would say that the regatta was a lot like the weather—unpredictable...