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...assess the feasibility of using landfill gases to generate power in Brazil; to develop an electric-vehicle demonstration program for India; to improve energy efficiency in Egypt, according to a company brochure, by "encouraging Cairo's 2,500 bakeries to switch from filthy fuel oil to cleaner, more efficient natural gas." Nice, but should American taxpayers be paying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: Fantasy Islands | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...Would people still be able to find a way and a reason to discriminate? The song was inspired by a trip Seal took to Monte Carlo two years ago. The city was filled with wealthy whites, and the only other person of color he saw was a black street cleaner. The opening track, Human Beings, also deals with a weighty theme: partly inspired by the murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., the song ruminates on death, self-esteem and fame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sealed with a Kiss | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

...election better exemplified the hope for a cleaner and more dignified brand of leadership than the Senate race in Wisconsin, where Russell D. Feingold held his seat against challenger Mark Neumann. Feingold waged a war of principle in his campaign by refusing to exceed a spending cap of $3.8 million and to honor the soft-money ban of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, which continues to fail in the Congress. His challenger, on the other hand, accepted soft money contributions steered his way by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ken), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A National Cleansing | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...state's campaign finance laws, introducing public financing to all races from governor to state representative. Opponents of the law claim its cost, estimated at $56 million, would require new taxes or cuts from other state programs like education and health care. But the benefits the law promises--cleaner, fairer elections beyond the influence of "soft money" contributors--far outweigh its price...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vote Yes on Question 2 | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Proponents say they support the law because it "gives consumers a guaranteed 15 percent rate cut...breaks up the utility monopoly...and encourages new, cleaner energy sources...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Voters to Consider Campaign Finance, Three Other Ballot Initiatives | 10/28/1998 | See Source »

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