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...Harvard Green Campus Initiative (GCI) has announced a new pledge campaign that asks students, staff, and faculty members to commit to a series of energy-saving measures. If more than 50 percent of the residents and office workers in a building sign the pledge, the Green Campus Initative will buy wind energy credits to offset one-quarter of the building’s energy use. The campaign, called “emPOWER Harvard,” replaces GCI’s three-year-old “Go Cold Turkey” pledge campaign, which urged students to minimize energy...
...governor Matthias Platzeck, who's reputed to have a more pragmatic, less authoritarian style than his predecessor. That could prove useful in the delicate task of persuading the spd's left wing, led by a vigorous younger generation, to work in tandem with the Christian Democratic right. "This will commit the party to the grand coalition more than before," says Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University in Bonn. Stoiber's exit, meanwhile, removes a powerful potential rival from Merkel's Cabinet. So predictions of the grand coalition's demise are premature, says Bernhard Wessel, a political...
...uttered some of the most embarrassing words ever spoken by a U.S. official as anarchy took hold. "Stuff happens," Rumsfeld said, when asked about the looting in Baghdad at an April 11, 2003, press conference. "... [F]reedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things...
...Finland is just one of several countries to commit to a new construction program. China's nuclear plans are the biggest and most significant: it currently has nine nuclear reactors in operation and says it will increase its nuclear capacity fivefold by the year 2020 to help cope with its huge appetite for energy. Later this year the Chinese are expected to kick off the next phase of their nuclear expansion by selecting a Western contractor for two new plants. In the U.S., the Energy Policy Act, which sets up a new form of federal risk insurance, is widely seen...
Murphy wouldn’t commit as to who would act as his primary punt returner against the Tigers, but it won’t be sophomore Steven Williams. Williams has lost three fumbled punts in the past two games. His replacement will likely be either Andrew Berry or Breaux...Junior safety Danny Tanner will return to action this week following a knee injury that caused him to miss two games. Senior Robert Balkema will retain his starting role, and Tanner will be used predominately in nickel packages...Harvard has a nine-game winning streak against Princeton...