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Like many landowners in the mineral-rich states of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Montana, Eathorne owns the rights to only the surface of his 32,000 acres; the Federal Government owns most of what lies beneath. Washington, increasingly eager to find domestic sources of energy, is leasing the subsurface rights of those so-called split estates at an unprecedented pace to energy companies. Wyoming's abundance of gas reserves makes it especially attractive. The state's citizens have lived through energy booms--and busts--before. But while oil and gas jobs came and went, the ranch remained. This...
...eager first-year, this is probably the last story you want to hear as you look forward to meeting the people with whom you’ll spend the next nine months. However, my roommate experience has, in retrospect, provided a perspective worth sharing on conflict resolution, navigating the FDO, and handling the unique problems posed by living with complete strangers...
That kind of talk is unnerving the region's Sunni Arab states, which have watched helplessly as Iran's Shi'ite rulers have accelerated their nuclear program and carved out areas of influence in Lebanon and Iraq. Not surprisingly, the Arabs are eager to be in the Lebanon game: between them, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have pledged an $800 million aid package to the Lebanese government for rebuilding projects while handing an additional $1.5 billion in soft loans to the Bank of Lebanon to shore up the nation's currency. Saudi officials believe that the kingdom's support will...
...Latino boys at JM finally felt like a part of their school, like they belonged, and that they had a chance to bring honor to their school and community. They were no longer on the sidelines watching teams compete as Jets. They were now Jets themselves and they were eager and excited about their first game...
...Later this month, Iran will respond to the West's incentives package to negotiate over its nuclear program. In all likelihood, it will either say no or hedge, and the stage will be set for a drawn-out confrontation whose outcome will be determining to the Middle East. Eager to forecast what will happen, and to clarify what kind of threat Iran proposes, observers are grasping for clues everywhere, from Iran's ancient history to its religious practices. Many of these arguments lead away, not toward, the very real tensions dividing the country. Here are two analytical pitfalls to avoid...