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...changed in the aftermath of media attention that came with his recognition as Person of the Year. They describe a highly competitive atmosphere in which members scrambled to claim key projects and kept certain studies under wraps out of fear that colleagues would poach their ideas. Frustrated, several high-level faculty members, none of whom agreed to be quoted by name, decamped. (Watch TIME's video "New Hope for Kids with AIDS...
...improve U.S. air quality, the Environmental Protection Agency moved to tighten ground-level-ozone limits imposed by the Bush Administration in 2008. The EPA estimates that the proposal, which must go through a public-comment period before final standards are issued, could save up to 12,000 lives annually by slashing smog levels from 75 parts per billion to as few as 60. While the EPA said the measure could cost up to $90 billion a year by 2020 to implement, it argued that this sum could be offset by as much as $100 billion in annual health care savings...
...Helen is a curatorial force and will elevate the ICA to a new level of leadership,” Jill Medvedow, director of the ICA, said in a statement...
...would be highly unusual if we were ready for that [level of competition] yet,” Fish said. “We can match shot for shot, but [Auburn] can do it longer and with fewer errors. [Still], what we saw from our guys thus far is very encouraging...
...thought we showed moments of brilliance,” co-captain Gil Weintraub said. “As our coach was saying, we know we can play at this level. It’s going to take practice and hard work...