Word: environmentalism
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Holiday shopping is crucial for retailers because it accounts for as much as 40% of their annual sales. But consumer confidence has plummeted as Americans get squeezed by a housing crisis, rising unemployment rates, high food and gas prices, and a stock-market meltdown. Nine in 10 consumers believe the...
Already this election season, concerns about the economy have trumped those about the environment. The 2008 Presidential election was supposed to be the first one in which global warming would be the front-and-center issue, but that hasn't been the case. (Though it is worth noting that for...
“The research institute will almost be like a research and development start-up in an academic environment,” Ingber said. “It will be very different from what has been done at Harvard in past years.”
In a society of free spirits, where fashion is a legitimate and oft-used mode of expression, the idea of a school—nevertheless a public school—mandating that students wear uniforms may at first appear ludicrous. Yet that’s precisely what Hartford, Conn. has...
"I do think just the overall environment right now that we face is one of the worst environments for any Republican in probably 35 years," DuHaime said. "Any time you have that, you have states move within that margin."