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...implement any extreme quarantine measures. But Shanghai's quarantine policy has not been rigorously enforced, as dozens of visitors from Beijing and Hong Kong continue to disperse into the city without a trace. Still, locals seem to think that Shanghai can beat the bug. "Shanghai is much cleaner than other places in China," says janitor Shen Xianzheng. "Everyone knows that Beijing is very dirty and dusty, and that's why so many people there got SARS...
...We’ve been working a lot on not focusing on ratings so much as rowing cleaner technically and using our technique to be more powerful,” Bates said...
...letting them stay contingent on the wills and wiles of Congress. Most importantly, the U.S. would have to ensure that older, less efficient cars get off the road sooner. To do this with some measure of public support, the government would have to provide incentives for consumers to buy cleaner cars and retire older ones. To stimulate renewable energy, a carbon tax of as little as $4 a ton would be enough to turn the tide of energy investment. Other measures—including investment in public transportation, research into alternative fuels and the like—also deserve attention...
...forms of mid-century pop music, the one that has resisted revival most devoutly is folk. Easy to see why: the music was both cheery and pompous, cleaner than Harriet Nelson's kitchen and nearly as white as the 1963 Masters tournament. In many middle-aged minds, the old folkies linger as a vague adolescent embarrassment--the musical equivalent of sophomore zits...
...Capitol Hill, he adds, "The President is committed to working with Congress to seek alternative means of redress." - By Margot Roosevelt Paying for Apartheid SOUTH AFRICA Forty years of oppression aren't easily washed away. But last week South Africa may have missed a chance to come a bit cleaner on the legacy of apartheid. The final phase of the government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up seven years ago to report on human-rights abuses during the apartheid era, didn't satisfy all those claiming compensation for their suffering. President Thabo Mbeki made it clear that there...