Word: commendation
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...commend your choice of global warming as a cover story. The effects of worldwide climate change, fueled by human activity, are becoming ever more apparent. Even if it turns out that warmer temperatures do not strengthen tropical storms, we need only look north to find alarming signs of warming trends. Many studies document melting polar ice caps, thinning permafrost and rising sea and air temperatures in the Arctic, which threaten the livelihood of people native to the region. Like so many helpless Gulf Coast residents, these people will suffer because of a profound denial of responsibility. Climate change...
...increased activity since 1995 is due to natural fluctuations and cycles of hurricane activity" and is "not enhanced substantially by global warming." You should have quoted him in a story about whether carbon dioxide emissions and the greenhouse effect are making hurricanes worse. John Meyer Golden, Colorado, U.S. I commend your choice of global warming as a cover story. The effects of worldwide climate change, fueled by human activity, are becoming ever more apparent. Even if it turns out that warmer temperatures do not strengthen tropical storms, we need only look north to find alarming signs of warming trends. Many...
Each year since he started as dean in 2002, Kirby has taken the stage at Faculty meetings to commend departments and his staff for enabling the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to grow at a rapid rate, outstripping the aims set forward early in his three-year tenure...
Already, many in the University have responded by filing or promising to file friend-of-the-court briefs urging the Supreme Court, scheduled to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment on December 6, to overturn the law. We commend both University President Lawrence H. Summers and the forty HLS professors who are filing these briefs for their rapid and proactive response...
...tasty food aside, we also commend HUDS for their Food Literacy Project...