Word: greenness
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...Peter was a civil rights advocate and a leader in the socially responsible--investment industry who used his eloquence and barnstorming bravado to blaze a trail for 21st century third-party politics. He was a candidate for state and national office, making three gubernatorial runs in California as a Green, and in the 2004 presidential election, he was my running mate on our independent ticket. Among the many causes Peter championed were a living wage, health care for all and making the U.S. the world leader in renewable energy. His lifework will inspire the political and economic future...
...this country would be content to erect walls along the Mexican border, create a Fortress America, and declare the problem solved, in an increasingly global economy, fencing ourselves in is a sure path to ruin. A combination of heightened border security, an increase in the number of visas and green cards, and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would be a much wiser course of action. Similar legislation was defeated in 2006 by far-right Congressional Republicans; the next president should urge the 111th Congress to pass it.Americans must reject bigotry and courageously welcome immigrants with open arms, especially...
...Bear Stearns CEO James Cayne - unveiled The Annotated Fuld, a large canvas of the embattled Lehman Bros. leader. Raymond rendered Richard Fuld with yellow brushstrokes, his eyes sunken and gazing into the distance, and invited passers-by to adorn the portrait with personal messages. Lehman employees were offered green markers; non-affiliated onlookers got black ones. Some scrawled angry missives: "The banks are next"; "A symbol of greed and arrogance." Others were weirdly aphoristic: "Greed and ego it was"; "Learn to respect the dollar." Even amid the turmoil, some even mustered a bit of a gallows humor: "Hakuna Matata...
...always been a green guy ... ever since I read Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson. Obviously, we have to have energy here, but why we don't have alternative energy, like Brazil, is a scandal. As far as what I can do, I have to travel quickly, therefore I use transportation that uses energy, but I hardly use gas anymore. I'll walk...
...reprehensible policies in the future. There’s no doubt that the rule was misguided. But its source was neither xenophobia toward Asian players, nor a Western superiority complex, as commentators have claimed. It was desperation. The challenge for the LPGA now is to make sure that the green on the course doesn’t play second fiddle to the green in the bank...