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...elect has established by selecting an almost exclusively well-credentialed cabinet and senior staff. Enumerating the impressive almae matres of these Obama appointments, Brooks imagined a new era of government in which its chief stewards do not come from the “insular coterie of lifelong aides who depend upon [the president] for their well-being,” but are putatively the best and brightest America has to offer—and have the Ivy League pedigrees to prove...
...climate change - if we can get it right. An estimated 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq km) of forest are lost to the logger's ax or to fire every year, and that hurts the planet in two very important ways. Rare plants and animals, many still undiscovered, depend on the forests - especially the rich rain forests that encircle the earth either side of the equator. When the forests disappear, all that wildlife disappears as well. But trees also contain carbon, and while they live, they absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, compensating in part for the greenhouse gases spewed...
...Focused on culture, housing, transportation, and retail services, the reports of these subcommittees displayed an impressive depth of thought and consideration. But the Task Force met for only four months and has since ceased to exist, despite their acknowledgement at the time that “many critical decisions depend on further study of particular problems and, most importantly, on coordination with Harvard’s internal planning process and the broader community and City planning process...
...long CSU's enrollment cap lasts - and whether more universities adopt them - will depend on how quickly the economy recovers. In the meantime, public universities face tough choices. When state schools get hit with major budget shortfalls, "the only question is how the losses are distributed," says Hartle. "Nobody wins...
...strenuously working to avoid, but the clock is ticking. "The government wasted a lot of time, hundreds of days on this agreement, and left us with less than two weeks to debate it," said al-Karboole. The fate of a deal that took nine months to negotiate may now depend on what happens in the next 24 hours. It's going to be a long night in Baghdad...