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...much will Americans do to help clean up the air, reduce global warming and promote energy independence? One test will come in November, when voters in California, the nation's biggest state, decide on a ballot measure that would raise $4 billion for alternative energy investments by taxing oil drilling. The explosive battle over Proposition 87, known as the Clean Alternative Energy Act, has turned into the costliest initiative campaign in American history - with $105 million spent so far, mostly on television spots...
...Tata Steel introduced a series of worker benefits that would become common only much later in the West, such as the eight-hour working day in 1912, maternity benefits in 1928 and profit sharing in 1934. Today Jamshedpur, with free housing, free hospitals and free schools, sports stadiums and clean streets, remains the envy of the country. In 2004, the U.N. chose it - along with Melbourne and San Francisco - as one of six examples of urban-planning excellence. J.N. Tata's ideals survive today. Tata Sons, the holding company that manages the group, is 65.8% owned by 11 charitable trusts...
...Harvard knocked Terrell out of the game after a hard, clean hit by sophomore linebacker Eric Schultz, and junior backup Bill Foran took over and led the squad 50 yards to a score and a 24-14 lead with 0:58 remaining...
...After a 14-yard Princeton punt, the Crimson lined up with O’Hagan on the Tiger 29 and capitalized, as Dawson scored his first rushing touchdown of the day.But Princeton was not done yet.Harvard knocked Terrell out of the game after a hard but clean hit from sophomore linebacker Eric Schultz, and junior backup Bill Foran took over and led the squad 50 yards for a score to with 0:58 remaining to end the half with a 24-14 lead.“We ended up scoring when probably Harvard thought...
...should think of this as a clean slate,” Shearer says. “We can perhaps use [this time] as a chance to try something different, something...