Word: conservee
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The gas tax does have some powerful backers. Among them: Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Michigan's John Dingell, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. "Who's gonna conserve energy as long as gas is cheaper than bottled water?" asks...
Arguments for quick issuance: they would get the Clinton presidency off to a fast start and please supporters whom Clinton will need for the bruising battles ahead on broader policy. Arguments against: a blizzard of such orders would convey an impression that Clinton is more intent on playing to special...
Chris G. Leggett '94, Eliot's EAC representative, plans to urge his housemates to conserve more and to improve the house's green reputation.
So long as our species behaves like a spoiled only child, allowing parochial economic, political and leisure appetites to define the landscape, nature will deny us the thing we crave most -- a sense of belonging. To extend Groucho Marx's line, we would not join any club that would have...
As starvation advances, the body tries to conserve energy by limiting all but the most vital processes. Cell division slows drastically. Even hair stops growing. Reduced fuel burning drives body temperature down; that, combined with the loss of insulating fat, can lead to death from hypothermia -- a threat on a...