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...decades, the burning of coal to generate electricity has seemed destined for the dustbin of history. What good is a fuel that emits into the atmosphere twice as much carbon dioxide (CO2) - considered the worst of the greenhouse gases - as does natural gas? Britain, for instance, once hoped to reduce its reliance on [an error occurred while processing this directive] coal-generated power from around 32% to 16% by 2020 as part of its plan to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2050. And yet, by all indications, coal seems poised for a comeback. Thanks to high natural-gas prices...
...High on the list will be his handling during the six years he headed the National Security Agency of a major technological initiative called "Trailblazer" that was held out as a major advance in tracking the digital communications NSA was intercepting-but ended up in the virtual dustbin as a $1.2 billion flop, according to numerous published reports. With management skills a key aspect of the CIA directorship, particularly in the wake of Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte's decision to oust Porter Goss from the post after a rocky 18 months on the job, the handling of such...
...goal is to permanently consign the link between development aid and strategic self-interest—the “he may be a sonofabitch but he’s our sonofabitch” school of foreign policy that dominated aid during the Cold War—to the dustbin of history.The World Bank’s traditional reluctance to speak out against breaches of press freedom stemmed from concern for the sovereignty of the offending country. Press freedom, however, is more than just a matter of domestic policy; independent scrutiny of the government is a fundamental human right...
...People should spit into a tissue or a bag, then place it in a dustbin to complete the civilized process of spitting." ZHANG HUIGANG, director of the Beijing government's Capital Ethic Development Office, which is campaigning to clean up the city and end spitting on the street before the 2008 Olympics
...since the fall of the race-based regime and the triumph of democracy more than a decade ago, some South African writers and readers have worried that the thrill is gone, the edge lost, the fire dimmed. Like apartheid itself, those fears can now be swept into the dustbin of history. As it happens, four of South Africa's leading writers - Brink, Coetzee, Gordimer and Mda - have produced novels this year. Not all are great, but none is dull and together they confirm that the new South Africa is an exciting place to be a writer. The country's literary...