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...greens. Under the proposed rules, which would begin to take effect in 2012, new cars and trucks will need to have an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 m.p.g. (6.6 L/100 km) by 2016 - almost 40% cleaner than they are today. The regulations would be the first national limit on U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions and could presage further action to curb climate change. "This is huge," says David Doniger, policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council's climate center. "This meets and exceeds all our expectations...
...sophistication—whether you were able to meet a professor and treat him well.”Although some students’ reactions to the beauty pageant seem to indicate a challenge to traditional gender conventions, the protest was far from radical. But such action was not limited to the pageant. In 1959, Radcliffe women would start to quietly question norms of domesticity through similarly muted means—and the Radcliffe they knew, and the world they lived in during their undergraduate years—would soon become a vestige of a bygone era.BEGINNING TO BEND THE RULESOver...
...What is interesting is that both of these events accurately reflect the Harvard’s attitude toward the military: the University president honors those who serve, but other segments of the community limit the recognition they receive for doing so. This complicated balancing act is the result of a shift in American attitudes toward the military. When Harvard banned on-campus recruiting in 1969, anti-military sentiment ran deep in leftist circles. Today, though, even the ardent liberals of Harvard’s faculty are quick to praise the valor of service, saying that the decision not to recognize...
...date, SIPC and Picard have committed $116 million to satisfy claims from 237 Madoff victims, each receiving up to the limit of $500,000. Picard has even created a "Hardship Case" program, in an effort to help those that have been completely wiped out by their Madoff investments...
...selection for the conference’s Rookie of the Year.“She could be Player of the Year the next three years and be one of the best players to ever graduate from Harvard,” Rollins said. “The sky is the limit for her.”With the play of Markley and Berry, along with the experienced seniors and a solid supporting cast of underclassmen, the Crimson went 8-6 in the busy non-conference part of its season.An upset over Vermont on Dec. 11 was followed by a trip...