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...Hailing from a family of prosperous merchants, the artist was particularly suited to capture the essence of his aristocratic subjects and satisfy their status-conscious sensibilities. His economic independence also gave Piero the opportunity to explore other intellectual pursuits, most notably arithmetic, algebra and geometry...
...that would set limits on industrial greenhouse gases and let companies that do better than required sell pollution credits to those that fail to meet targets. One credit worth of extra pollution from a dirty company is offset by one credit worth of extra cleanliness from a more environmentally conscious company, and the clean company is paid for its effort too. This is just the kind of strategy that was implemented in 1990 to curb sulfur dioxide--the leading cause of acid rain--and has resulted in a 35% reduction of the pollutant since...
...didn't have to go on bended knee, like an ordinary politician, to the man who was to become his campaign-finance chairman. Instead, weaving a web of potential major donors became just another enterprise of Giuliani Partners. With one hand, the firm signed contracts to advise such security-conscious businesses as Entergy (a leading U.S. nuclear power plant operator) and Broadwater Energy (which hopes to build a liquefied-natural-gas terminal in New York's Long Island Sound). With the other hand, the company began reaching out to such key Bush supporters as oilman T. Boone Pickens, investor Thomas...
...influences their eating as well.“I’m gonna swipe in, load up my tray, and light my hair on fire,” says junior offensive lineman Tom Rodger, invoking the coach’s favorite inspirational phrase.As a result, these linemen are constantly conscious of their weight and eating habits. After commiting to join the team in their senior year of high school, they are given a goal weight by the coaching staff. The incoming players are expected to meet this target by the time they arrive for preseason camp in August. After arriving...
...committee unanimously voted to scrap the race-conscious assignment system because similar programs had come under constitutional attack in recent years, according to Charles V. Willie, a professor emeritus at the Graduate School of Education. The committee replaced it with a plan that focused on socioeconomic diversity...