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...less than their limit of carbon gases to cover inevitable shortfalls in achieving U.S. targets - in other words, pay other countries to increase their own cuts - that could still prove to be a costly solution. So U.S. negotiators are demanding that the treaty recognize the ability of forests to function as "carbon sinks," soaking up carbon gases - in the best-case scenario for Washington, its existing forests and forestation programs would cover as much as half of its required emission cuts should other parties to the treaty accept the principle. But that may be something of a long shot: European...
...modern, I don't know who still believes in that. Also, the idea that one period of something defines it instead of the whole of that thing is also archaic. America prizes change and being reborn, but our country has a history and documents that govern it. To function in our society in a position of leadership, it's incumbent upon you to understand those things, not just what you see when you're on the scene...
...doing, they neglect the infrastructure. There are not enough computers, secretaries and clerks to do the cheap paper work that consumes social workers' time. There are not enough administrators to review the cases or think outside the box about creative solutions. "We've grown accustomed to allowing the critical function of caring for children to take place in an abysmal business setting," says Anita Bock, recently hired to head the welfare agency in Los Angeles. "I'm a fiscal conservative. I'm not interested in throwing money at the system. I'm saying give me some flexibility...
Lauded by some council members as "awesome" and "ingenious," the plan is more appropriately called pitiful. That the supposed governing body of the undergraduate population has been reduced to collecting garbage in order purchase the basic technological equipment that it needs to function is not only degrading to council members, but damages the council in the eyes of the student body as a whole. Indeed, it is disgraceful that the council has not been financially responsible enough to set aside funds for its own technological upkeep--especially with high speed personal computers selling for as little as $400 on discount...
Marsalis opened his address with a discussion about the function of art in everyday life. As the audience laughed, Marsalis acted out his playground episodes of storytelling, explaining, "That's art. It's re-creation...