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...Seen It The "A Kangaroo from Space" item in Briefing asserted that the polar ice caps are "currently shrinking because of global warming" [June 2]. But the ice at the Antarctic has been expanding for 30 years. The New Zealand Antarctic Centre currently shows a display that quantifies the recent growth in the South Pole ice cap. If publications with your status and resources can't get the facts right, what hope has the general public of coming to grips with the complexities of climate change? John Watt, Brisbane, Queensland...
...guess the most key item here for me is that this is our future, this is the future of the country, that universities are the way we keep our society moving forward and helping out the world,” Smith said. “And to start taxing them randomly is very dangerous—very, very dangerous...
...lofty expectations. And when I finally returned to Cambridge to start the second term, I began to do a few things on my list—going to the Fogg, taking an art history class, seeing the glass flowers—and while I enjoyed myself, checking an item off that list was not the capstone experience I had hoped it would be. Even when my successors as editorial chairs were kind enough to let me lead one final editorial meeting, I gained a sense of closure but it was not nearly as thrilling as I had imagined...
Your report on the Berkshire hathaway shareholders meeting painted a vivid picture of the scene but omitted a vital detail [May 26]. Yes, Benjamin Moore was selling teddy bears for $5, an item ordinarily promotional. But all proceeds from the toy and other items we sold went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). In fact, we raised $10,000 at the Omaha meeting and have added that to our considerable ongoing annual support of RMHC. Denis Abrams, PRESIDENT & CEO Benjamin Moore & Co., MONTVALE...
...AARP CALCULATOR Davis uses this promotional item from the senior citizens' group because, given "my advanced age, my staff seemed to think that I required a little extra assistance when dealing with numbers...