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According to data published by Princeton Professor Robert Socolow in Scientific American, seven billion tons of CO2, the most important and abundant greenhouse gas, are emitted worldwide each year. At the current rate of emissions growth, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will double pre-industrial levels by 2056—likely with catastrophic effects, the beginnings of which we may be seeing now in the form of polar ice caps that expand less every winter and thaw further every summer...
After grinding for 70 minutes, Boston College’s constant pressure became too much for the Crimson. With only one day of rest over the weekend, Harvard had no gas left in the tank, as the team’s bid to knock off the Eagles fell just short...
...with Lisa Nowak, should astronauts be held to a higher standard? -Chad Miller, COLOGNE, GERMANYAstronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities. I think Nowak should be admired for traveling across the country at night and not getting out of her car to put in gas or go to the restroom. It is not excusable, but it is understandable for an achiever to fall into a trap...
...economic front is no better. Roughly 90% of the population lives near or below the poverty line, even though Burma is blessed with lucrative resources like natural gas and timber. The country's generals are hardly known for their financial savvy: one former regime chief denominated bank notes by the number nine simply because he considered the digit auspicious. Obsessed with its survival, the junta has dramatically expanded the military; 40% of the nation's annual budget is believed to be spent on the 450,000-strong army. Inflation is running at more than 30%. Last month's fuel hike...
...hardships are made more painful by a widening wealth gap. The country's military leaders are leading ever more ostentatious lives, their wallets fattened by gas-pipeline deals with neighbors China, Thailand and India. The ruling class cruises around in luxury cars and cloisters itself in compounds ablaze with lights, even as most Burmese face constant electricity rationing. A samizdat video circulating in Rangoon shows junta chief Than Shwe's daughter, decked out in jewels, getting married in a lavish ceremony - this in a country where the average annual per capita income is just $225. Even more galling, the junta...