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The First Lady will doubtless be best remembered for her wide-ranging efforts to beautify the U.S. While her anti-billboard campaign fizzled, her tree plantings and her continual calls for more parks and better playgrounds have made many Americans more thoughtful about the quality of their environment. Lyndon Johnson...
In that harsh environment, the militant Chongyron organization founded in 1955 proved an effective answer to the need of the zainichi to band together to protect themselves and their identity. Kim offers an example from his own life: As a Korean college graduate in 1961, no Japanese company would hire...
Why the fanfare? Boeing is confident that the advantages offered by the Dreamliner for passengers, airlines and the environment is a winning combo. And a lot of it is thanks to the plane's composite construction. Optimally, the 787 will get 100 miles per gallon per seat, compared to the...
Even more pertinent was the criticism that the giant carbon footprint of an event that involved jetting pop stars and their entourages around the globe, and encouraging hundreds of thousands of fans to travel to concert sites, was inherently at odds with Live Earth's energy-conservation message. Around half...
The chemical that is the cause of so much woe is known as macrophage migration inhibitory factor or MIF, a protein found in the immune system that seems to help sperm cells grow into strong swimmers-and that's critical. Weak sperm do not survive long in the wild environment...