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...mode by the second week in November. He consulted Ted Kennedy, who suggested his own chief of staff, Mary Beth Cahill, to replace Jordan. On Nov. 7, Kerry called Cahill and offered her the job without an interview. On Nov. 9, he sacked Jordan. It was as if a dam had burst. Within a week, Kerry began planning to abandon New Hampshire and transfer 100 staff members to Iowa. He demanded that the reluctant Michael Whouley, a genius organizer, take over the Iowa field operation. He decided to opt out of the federal campaign-finance system, which limits the amount...
...heads the Shanghai branch of American firm HLW. "Blazing lighting and abundantly available power are considered almost sensual experiences, more than just metaphors for modernity." But the affection for dazzling lights has not translated into a commensurate investment in energy infrastructure, notwithstanding China's showpiece $25 billion Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project. In 1993, amid a frenzy of bureaucratic belt tightening, China eliminated its Ministry of Energy, leaving power policy scattered among various, largely uncoordinated entities. Then, in 1998, after a brief oversupply of electricity following the Asian financial crisis, Beijing issued a moratorium...
...conditioning needed during the day to cool the overheated building. All in all, Shanghai's much-vaunted nocturnal skyline?100 times brighter than the Australian capital of Canberra's, crow local urban planners?consumes the same amount of electricity as the city receives from the Three Gorges Dam, now in its first stage of operation. And, as the vanguard of all things cool in China, Shanghai has inspired similarly wasteful lighting schemes in other metropolises such as Tianjin, Nanjing and Kunming. "Shanghai has the opportunity to influence other cities, but right now it's not setting a very good example...
...deal to have a small number of corrupt officials." LU YOUMEI, former president of China's Three Gorges Project Corporation, dismissing an official admission of widespread graft involving 200 local cadres who pilfered funds for relocating residents displaced by the Yangtze River dam...
...standing in beaver territory, you had better be wearing hip boots. An ungainly waddler ashore, Castor canadensis spends 80% of its life in water, where it's as agile as a 50-lb. minnow. Dam building is its way of making the world a wetter, safer and more convenient place. Only humans alter their environment more drastically...