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...explains the Administration's objections. The category of developing countries, for the purposes of the accord, included China and India, major powers by almost any measure. Giving two such heavyweights a CO2 waiver while the U.S. had to carry its share was galling to some. Proponents of the deal counter, as the biggest polluter, the U.S. should shoulder more of the reduction burden. Says Kjell Larsson, Sweden's Environment Minister and current President of the E.U.: "The U.S. has made it more difficult by using the argument of their economy and saying, 'We cannot afford to take action.' What...
...Assets bred ambition, and soon Wilhelm II's Germany was clamoring for colonies, a blue-water navy, "a place in the sun." Her Majesty's Britain was not amused, and neither were Russia and France. Armament begat counter-armament, alliances spawned counter-alliances. Domestically, too, the Reich resembled contemporary China. Having unleashed irrepressible economic growth, the Kaiser and his aristocracy found themselves in the same deadly dilemma as Deng's heirs today: How to keep power away from the rising middle classes? The answer: nationalism and chauvinism, which exacerbated diplomatic conflicts with Berlin's neighbors...
From inside the building, Maddy S. Elfenbein ’04, a member of PSLM, responded to the counter-protestors...
PSLM member Benjamin L. McKean ’02 said he, too, was unconcerned with the counter-protest...
Despite the counter-protest, PSLM has garnered visible support over the past two days...