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...Hard as it may be for environmentalists to accept, the Bush Administration isn't entirely in the wrong. When the United Nations Framework on Climate Change - the international treaty that formed the basis for Kyoto - was hammered out in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, no one could have predicted just how rapidly China's economy and energy use would grow. China is, in fact, about to pass the U.S. as the world's top annual carbon emitter, and the bulk of future greenhouse gas emissions (the only kind we can hope to control now) will, in fact, come from...
...never say never. While Rice justifies her decision by saying the book will have a definite Christian framework and a focus on the theme of redemption, she admits that the future chronicle will once again involve the character Lestat and a fictional organization known as the Talamaska that is responsible for investigating the supernatural. Much like the author herself, Lestat will be wrestling with the existence of God throughout the story. "I don't see it as a violation of my promise, because I won't be writing about vampires in the same way," Rice maintains...
...parklike” nature of the campus. “It’s not a development project—it’s a master plan that a municipality might have,” said Cass Cliatt, a Princeton spokesman. “It’s a framework for development for the next 10 years.” Princeton’s plan foreshadow challenges similar to those that have arisen in the face of Harvard’s massive plans for Allston, as well as its impending House renovation efforts. Like Princeton, Harvard has drawn...
...only reason for caution is that we haven’t seen it in operation yet,” Stock said. “But people think that it’s going to be a good framework...
...dean and a couple of his deputies—including S. James Adelstein, who was serving as executive dean for academic programs—developed a plan to kill two birds with one stone: provide a framework for Medical School programs abroad while using the programs to improve the School’s fiscal situation...