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...change movement. For all the attention paid to it in the media, global warming remains an amorphous issue for many Americans, one with consequences that are far-off and unconnected to their daily lives. If that is ever going to change, warming advocates need to make climate change a matter of justice, appealing to Americans' sense of fairness - just as social movements like the civil rights one once did. (Read "America's Untapped Energy Resource: Boosting Efficiency...
...Solving this problem would seem, at first, to be simply a matter of funding. If the endowment cannot sustain a major capital expenditure, then find a donor like Harkness. When schools like the GSAS are cutting their admissions by 10 percent, the College has no right to demand more comfortable housing—however crucial it may be to intellectual development. So why not turn to Rich Uncle Pennybags, some...
...with a backhanded shot for the unassisted tally and the 2-0 lead.“Ryabkina coming off the low walkout, going strong to the net—we felt like that was open all day,” Stone said. “It was just a matter of finishing those types of plays.”After Ryabkina’s goal, Harvard seized complete control of a game that had previously been an evenly matched affair. The team got some insurance on a well-executed transition play from its top offensive line at the midway point...
...depths of collegiate skiing.“We have some good recruits coming in next year,” McCahill said. “Now that Coach [Chris] City has a full year of coaching under him and everything is ironed out, I think it is just a matter of time until you see some great results from this team.”—Staff writer Thomas D. Hutchison can be reached at tdhutchfas.harvard.edu...
...serviced and repaid in cash, Brazil and Russia will repay the loans in crude oil supplies to China over the next two decades. Russia will ship eastern Siberian oil, while in Brazil, China hopes to get a share of major offshore fields which have recently been discovered. So, no matter what happens to the global economy, China is assured steady oil supplies over the next 20 years from two major oil-producing countries, in regions which are far more politically stable than China's suppliers in Africa...