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...keeping the post?arguably the country's most important, since it makes him the military commander in chief. His predecessor, Deng Xiaoping, retained the Military Commission chairmanship for three years after relinquishing his other titles in 1987. Deng, however, hung on because he feared his leftist enemies would divert the country from economic reform. Jiang has no progressive agenda to defend, and some observers say he is sowing the seeds of political strife by clinging to power. "He's lost the chance to do something new and positive," complains one influential Party member...
Last year Harvard’s recycling program diverted over 4,000 tons of trash from ending up in landfills, and Gogan estimated there are at least another 3,000 tons that the university could divert from disposal...
...close this gap, companies will have to divert more money to their pension plans. UBS Warburg analyst David Bianco estimates that pension costs will make S&P 500 earnings 95˘ lower per share than they would otherwise be this year. Companies with the greatest pension shortfalls are candidates to announce a special charge, which often creams a stock. "It's perilous to assume these issues are already reflected in stock prices," Bianco warns. Pension accounting is so complex, he says, that the underfunding issue isn't fully appreciated...
Finally, we have purely altruistic motives. It’s not like this is a political move because of an upcoming election, nor is it as if the administration is trying to divert attention from would-be problems. The economy is stronger than ever, all Americans are covered by health care, corporate executives are using their year-end bonuses for charity, and we’ve successfully finalized creation of a new cabinet department for homeland security. Life could not be better...
...species are unlikely to be useful to humans. They may be interesting for scientists and pleasing to look at, but the pig-tailed bandicoots of the world are not often missed. That unconcern may be for the best. Spending millions of dollars to save, say, the California condor can divert precious resources away from saving entire ecosystems with scores or even hundreds of species. The sad truth is that the natural world cannot be preserved in its current state. Worrying about single species obscures the larger challenge of preserving entire ecosystems...