Word: megawatt
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Failure to LaunchDirected by Tom DeyParamount PicturesThree StarsBy CHRISTOPHER C. BAKERCONTRIBUTING WRITERRiding on the coattails of the sitcom that made her a megawatt star, Sarah Jessica Parker’s latest flick has a premise that might have been an episode of “Sex & the City”—in fact, the two stars of “Failure to Launch” were last seen together in an episode from the show when Carrie visits L.A. to meet Matthew McConaughey, parodying himself. However, despite starring 2005’s Sexiest Man Alive and the former...
...after Harvard won the Center for Resource Solutions’ 2005 Green Power Leadership Award. The award, also sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, acknowledges Harvard as a leader in the use of renewable energy in higher education. Renewable sources provide 22,000 megawatt hours annually, or 7 percent of Harvard’s electricity usage, according to the Center for Resource Solutions...
...Michael Jordan vs. Himself The wonder warrior led his Chicago Bulls to a three-peat N.B.A. title. He conquered Madison Avenue with his megawatt smile. He battled the press over inquiries into his high-stakes gambling. But after his father's murder this summer, Jordan decided he'd had enough of fighting. His retirement stunned the hoop world and left a vacancy for the top spot in sport stardom...
...Hydro power schemes generate 60% of the country's electricity. Why not build more? Meridian Energy knows. Last year it abandoned a $NZ1.2 billion, 500-megawatt project on the South Island's Waitaki river, saying it was not sure it would get the necessary environmental consents or water rights. New Zealand needs a new power project of that size every three years, says Leyland. But even small hydro schemes like the one on the Gowan river, or another on the nearby Wairau, raise hackles. "A lot of rivers will potentially be ruined," says Lawson Davey, of the Save the Wairau...
...fact that you’re no longer a first-year and have a dependable web of college friends, you prepare to reopen the lines of communication for yet another year. As you approach your friend, the glimmer of recognition begins. You confidently make eye contact, and shine a megawatt, albeit goofy, smile. As you begin to raise your arm to say “hey,” you witness something truly shocking...