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...Bruner, now a fellow at New York University’s School of Law, maintains the claims he made in letters and speeches from 1958 in favor of a “secular university...
...Williams, the philosophy professor, said, “The move was a gesture in favor of religion only in the sense that polygamy is a gesture in favor of romantic love...
...undergraduate president, has made it clear that the Agency does not expect the University to issue solicitation permits to two competing typewriter agents, or refrigerator renters. He argues that the market is not big enough for two dealers in this sort of field, and expects the University to favor the Organization?...
...trade system that steadily reduces the amount of carbon that industry is allowed to emit on an annual basis. The bill has garnered solid support across the political spectrum - corporations like General Electric and environmental groups like Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have both come out in favor of the act. "No bill is perfect, but we think this is a very strong framework," says Nathaniel Keohane, director of economic policy and analysis for EDF, which has launched a series of TV ads in favor of the bill. It's by far the most serious attempt by the federal government...
Even some energy corporations that favor cap and trade in general, like North Carolina's Duke Energy, are lobbying against the act, claiming it would hit coal-dependent utilities too hard. Some green groups like Friends of the Earth (FoE) also oppose it, arguing the bill's emission-reduction goals are too timid. They want to wait to pass legislation until 2009, when a new President and Congress will presumably be more open to a stronger measure. "It is a wholly inadequate response to the greatest environmental crisis of our time," said FoE president Brent Blackwelder...