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...many battles have been won, in fact, that it's harder to rile up the public than it once was, particularly when the problem seems so diffuse, the threat so distant. The result? Vast quantities of carbon dioxide from the burning of oil, coal, wood and natural gas have entered the atmosphere, where they will remain for well over 100 years. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol calls for developed nations to roll back emissions below 1990 levels. But even if that goal were achieved today, it's already too late to stop some degree of warming from occurring. That means...
...have provided it. The value of that protection became clear in 1987 after Malé expanded out to the edge of its reef, burying it beneath a thick layer of coral sand and gravel. In April of that year, an armada of giant waves--stirred up, some think, by a distant cyclone in the Indian Ocean--attacked the city, gouging out big chunks of landfill and nearly washing away the car in which Gayoom was riding. A short time later, he gave the first of a series of famous speeches that invoked the image of the Maldives being swallowed...
...many young couples, the dream of owning their own homes became more distant last week. Reason: the Federal National Mortgage Association, known as Fannie Mae, tightened its mortgage-eligibility standards. Borrowers who put up less than 10% of the purchase price on a home must now have higher incomes. Under old Fannie Mae rules, for example, a buyer making $36,814 could purchase a $76,500 home by putting down 5% and getting a $72,700 loan at 12.2% interest. Now that same borrower would need an income...
...jams and show them what's really at the bottom of this game." Second in their division and unsatisfied, the Reds have been baseball's most surprising contenders. In contrast to many accomplished players-turned-managers, Rose is described by his troops as almost always patient and almost never distant. "You know how managers always say, 'I don't care if they like me as long as they respect me?' Well, that ain't my philosophy." He sees talent everywhere. "I was the guy everyone said couldn't do all this stuff, remember? Really, I wish these kids all could...
Ongoing through June. “Painted by a Distant Hand: Mimbers Pottery of the American Southwest.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; students and seniors $6. Free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon...