Word: neutralization
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...Nifong had just asked the North Carolina Attorney General's office to remove him from the case against three members of the school's lacrosse team. The information went out via instant messages, phone texts, e-mail and old-fashioned word of mouth. Duke, of course, is not a neutral spectator in the controversy. Several students have gone around wearing wristbands that declare "INNOCENT #6, #13, #45 DUKE LACROSSE 2006" - a reference to the team numbers of the three accused. Almost all students cheered the news. "Everybody has been saying that he's got to go," says senior Rachel Weeks...
...unrest is one of the few things the women have ever agreed on. After Bangladesh returned to democracy in 1991 following years of military rule, the two main political parties agreed that the incumbent party would step down a couple of months before every election and allow a neutral caretaker government to run the country and oversee the election commission until a new government was elected and sworn in. The system is an admission of the coddling Bangladesh's democracy needs just to survive but, with some hiccups, it had worked. Until...
...make a carbon-neutral...
...will consume the carbon dioxide equivalent to the energy production required for the notebook computer over its lifetime. For a desktop computer it'll be $6. If you're going to spend $800 or $1,000 on a computer, why not spend another $2 or $6 to be carbon neutral...
Going carbon neutral has become very popular with businesses recently, but there is some concern that it may not be as effective as advertised--that just planting a tree may not be enough. How will the company ensure that this actually works...