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Speaking in his eighth-floor office with panoramic views of Doha's new skyscrapers and the Gulf waters beyond, Attiya said that the failure of industrialized countries to provide more refining capacity in the world had led to some shortages of usable fuel. But he was adamant that the Organization of the Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries, which will hold a major summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in mid-November, is not responsible for today's soaring prices...
...third floor of Harvard’s Biological Laboratories hangs a plaque that reads, “In these rooms from 1955 to 1976 James D. Watson pioneered in the revolution of molecular biology...
...Havard,” Amaker said. “The kids we’ve identified have been interested in that. Will we get them all? No, but I think we’ll have an opportunity to pique their interest—to be part of the grand floor in something that will be special someday.”It’s worth noting that recruiting high-ranking prospects might not be the best way of judging future performance. Neither of the last two Ivy Rookies of the Year, Adam Gore and Ryan Wittman from Cornell, received...
...Obey is also known on Capitol Hill for his mercurial temper. He once famously got into a shoving match with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on the floor of the House and this spring was dubbed "Mount Obey" by Politico, a daily Hill newspaper and political website, because of an eruption at anti-war Democrat Dennis Kucinich for asking what Obey deemed a dumb question...
...that would protect journalists from revealing confidential sources to the government in many situations, the House passed just such a bill by the staggering margin of 398 to 21. And just a few weeks ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly sent similar legislation to the Senate floor. Although the White House opposes the legislation, it seems that the votes to override a veto are in place. Many journalists, however, are far from satisfied with the law—and rightly so. Some claim the law does not go far enough, while others say it has too many exceptions written into...