Word: hurtful
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...world, thanks in part to the so-called feed-in tariff, which guarantees that utility companies will buy renewably generated power at above market rates. But further growth could stall. Corn ethanol in the U.S. - which many environmentalists believe doesn't deserve the term "renewable" - has cratered, also hurt by rapidly falling gas prices. Most of all, however, clean tech businesses generally lack the political weight to jostle for the bailout funds won by older and bigger industries like the automobile manufacturers. "It's just tough for them to be heard," says Steve Sawyer, the director general of the Global...
...GEORGE sentenced to 15 months in jail. They are really going to hurt...
...wall will surely hurt American interests all across the Americas for a whole generation," wrote State Representative Elliott Shapleigh, a Democrat and a fifth-generation El Pasoan, in a recent Op-Ed. "Is it too much too soon to ask that this wall come down or is it the right thing to do at the right time in history? If not now, when? If not under President-elect Barack Obama, then...
...many remarkable aspects of the emergency landing made by US Airways Flight 1549 - the pilot's ability to make a controlled landing a stone's throw from Manhattan in the Hudson River, the speedy response of nearby ferries and tour boats, the fact that no passengers were seriously hurt. But among the surprises was that the incident appeared to be caused not by a terrorist attack or mechanical failure, but by a wayward flock of geese. (See pictures of the plane crash in the Hudson River.) While the National Transportation Safety Board has yet to conduct a full investigation, authorities...
...final Gallup numbers for show disapproval rating second only to Nixon's • final smirk-riddled press conference by fails to win over critics of • history of response to Katrina of is brazenly rewritten by • Larry King is told by how much being called a racist hurt the feelings of • question about possible regret by for ignoring August 6, 2001, CIA briefing memo is not asked by any reporters at last press conference...