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...think it’s more likely that Palin will have a stormy affair with Obama, get pregnant, and name the child Al Gore before deciding to abort it, than that you will pass this class...
...will feature a variety of activities organized by the University as well as by the Phillips Brooks House Association and student organizations such as the Environmental Action Committee. The week will culminate in the Sustainability Celebration, which features as its keynote speaker former Vice President Al Gore...
...located, along with her school photo ID, Social Security card and driver's license from Illinois, where she grew up. But under a 2005 Indiana law - upheld last April in a Supreme Court decision that has rankled voter advocates more than any other case since Bush v. Gore - Meentz was refused a ballot because she did not have an in-state ID. And without so much as an explanation of her options, like a provisional or absentee ballot, poll workers sent her home. "That would have been the first time that I would have voted," says Meentz. "I'm still...
...awarding former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian prize committee is returning to its original mandate of honoring those who help in the resolution of conventional armed conflicts. For the past several years, the committee has opted for nontraditional honorees, from Al Gore for his work on climate change to the microcredit guru Muhammad Yunus for his work in extending small loans to the world's poor. The choice of Ahtisaari, a lifelong diplomat whose work over 30 years on three continents has helped bring an end to fighting and saved thousands of lives...
...what should greens do to avoid irrelevance, now that Hank Paulson is replacing Al Gore as the nation's chief scold? First, tie environmental rescue to economic recovery, by "greening the bailout," as columnist Tom Friedman of the New York Times has put it. As the new Administration - whether Democratic or Republican - searches for ways to stimulate the economy, green infrastructure spending could be the way to go. More money for high-speed rail, tax credits for new solar systems, increased federal funding for renewable energy - these are policies that might not only help stimulate a flagging economy, but directly...