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...across America, and California won't be far behind. And the Bush years will surely be friendly ones to the gas/oil/power business. A boost in supply, a few more of those refrigerator-sized fuel-cell doohickies in some Silicon Valley basements, and heck, in a few years the crunch is a memory...
California, though, isn't the only part of the country grumbling about an energy crunch. While the rest of the U.S. doesn't have to worry much about the lights going out, millions of homeowners across the country are watching their heating bills soar. With unusually cold weather and a shrinking inventory of natural gas, the wholesale price has quadrupled in the past year, saddling consumers with bills that are expected to rise 40% to 50% this year. In December alone, consumption of natural gas, which keeps more than half of all U.S. homes warm, rose 20% from the year...
None of this takes away necessarily from the Crimson's accomplishments this year, but when it comes down to crunch time against some of the tougher Ivy opponents, they will have faced much better competition than the Crimson...
...sexual and financial scandal that unrelentingly followed the former Governor of Arkansas. Trying to step out of Bill's mammoth shadow, Al rarely mentioned his connection to the president and told Bill to stay home. I can see why Al would initially want to create this distance, but come crunch time in the fall, Al should have campaigned with Bill on the issues and sent Bill out to preach the gospel of Al. Doesn't the Tennessean realize that if the Rhodes scholar were to run again, he would easily defeat his veep and W.? The most successful politician...
...self-described "micro-manager," Lazio attributed the hands-off style of his campaign to the time crunch he faced...