Word: ducked
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...Anything Washington does to duck the issue of mandatory emission cuts is unlikely to impress the Europeans. Italy's new conservative prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has pushed the European Union to take American proposals more seriously. And that may mean the Europeans are more willing to take another look at proposals floated by the Clinton administration for trading emissions-rights and so on. But the question will be to what extent is Bush willing to back away from his vow that in addressing global warming nothing can be done to harm the U.S. economy. That struck people here as selfish...
...Clever could not advance any further. John Steigeler of Oregon won the event with a Duck record 77.07-meter throw to please the hometown faithful of 4,000. Outside of Steigeler, the majority of competitors threw well short of their personal bests...
...Perhaps the most perspicacious commentary on the new policy belongs to The Onion, the popular satirical newspaper, which last week ran the headline, "After Careful Consideration, Bush Recommends Oil Drilling." Unless the president and his team can duck Democratic accusations that they are industry puppets, it will be difficult for we energy gluttons to feel that this White House has our best interests at heart...
...effective isotropic radiated power, some of it traveling in the same frequency range that microwave ovens operate. Depending on a number of complex technical considerations, the FCC allows Metricom's transceivers to emit anywhere from 1 to 6 watts of EIRP. Radiated power--words that make me want to duck for cover--drops off precipitously with distance, so that at 20 ft. (about how far my bed is from the lamppost), 6 watts is negligible. "It falls way below a level that would put anyone at risk," says Julius Knapp, an engineer at the FCC's office of engineering...
...bright but cool in the backyard of the Duck Pond preschool in Oakland, Calif.--perfect climbing weather. So Chloe Fillinger pulled herself to the top of the play structure, where she reached for the fire fighter's pole, her three-year-old body poised for a fast ride to the bottom. Her hand flailed in empty space. "Cynthia!" she called to her teacher. "The pole is gone...