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...important thing to remember about the endangerment are that there are two signposts that compel the EPA to act. The first is the Supreme Court decision [Massachusetts vs. EPA]. The dispute over whether the Clean Air Act should be used to regulate greenhouse gases was settled by the highest court in the land. The court ruled over two years ago that EPA should determine whether or not greenhouse gases meet the test for criteria pollutants, whether they endanger public health and welfare. For two years the EPA has been compelled to act and for two years the EPA thumbed...
...Curse of the Bambino—brought on by selling Babe Ruth to chief rivals, the New York Yankees—the Sox finally found victory with World Series Championship wins in 2004 and 2007. Fenway Park, the home field, is known for the Green Monster, the highest left field wall in Major League Baseball. The season is pretty much sold out by now, so forget the box office. Unused tickets are released incrementally, so if you show up to Fenway in the early afternoon for a night game and wait in line, you can usually get some...
...years later, Balcetis says, “I didn’t see the reason to not go 100% all the time.” Balcetis’ quotes are fixated on this elusive 100%, as if childhood basketball is maybe 50%, high school ball 80%, never reaching the highest level until college. “It’s a pre-professional step in your basketball career—that definitely affected my decision,” he says...
...that on any other activities ... is just not correct. What is true is that everybody knows I don't respond to threats, so it wouldn't be useful to use them." Added Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Dianne Feinstein: "I know Jane Harman. I know her to be of the highest integrity. She has asked that all the materials connected with it be released, and I hope that her request is granted. I think it's very important that it be granted." Even a few Republicans defended Harman. "I would find it virtually impossible to believe that Jane would...
...levels. Attacks ranged from small-scale robberies by lightly armed desperados to highly organized hijackings of giant vessels by teams of professionals. According to the International Maritime Bureau of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Strait of Malacca suffered 38 actual or attempted pirate attacks in 2004, the second highest total in the world after Indonesia. "We don't stand a chance" against the pirates, an Indonesian naval officer conceded at the time. In 2005, the London insurance market added the strait to its list of areas at risk of war. (See pictures of a pirate-hostage rescue in Africa...