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...that Kiwis don't grasp the problem. A recent survey by power company Contact Energy found that "overwhelmingly people value security of supply ahead of price or environmental concerns," says chief executive Stephen Barrett. New Zealand has plenty of options for ensuring that security: rushing rivers for hydroelectricity, rich coal reserves that, thanks to the gas windfall, have hardly been touched. But for almost every option there are opponents, sometimes very angry ones. And the delay-plagued process for vetting resource developments makes it easy for the noisy to get their way. "Small numbers of people, who may not even...
...majority of students who would benefit from a zoning system would be the more typical blocking groups, made up of diverse members, representative of a wide variety of academic and extracurricular activities. Adding the option for blocking groups to pair off into zones would make what has traditionally been a stressful process for all a great deal less frightening...
...when Terry Semel became CEO of Internet portal Yahoo! in 2001. But the ex-Warner Bros. chief has led the company out of dotcom-bubble troubles to a new era of record profits. He has also done well personally, making a profit of more than $250 million on stock-option sales, according to analysis firm Thomson Financial. Semel talked to TIME's Jeffrey Ressner about technology, Tinseltown and the competition...
...ideal progressive living arrangement, there would be a vegetarian and vegan option at every meal, along with kosher and hallal options and alternatives for any other foreseeable dietary restrictions. But there would also be a George Foreman grill, and not just for grilled cheese sandwiches, but for burgers and chicken and steaks. In the springtime, we would smother our meats in savory sauces and celebrate the glory of humankind at the barbeque, all the while basking in the warm, fuzzy feeling that comes from devouring delicious, dead animals...
...Frist couldn't escape his Washington responsibilities. A woman attending the dinner demanded to know how when he would invoke the "nuclear option" that would stop Democrats from filibustering judicial appointments. And when Frist returned, he found himself somewhat outflanked on Social Security. Chuck Hagel, the Nebraska Republican senator who is also weighing a 2008 run, had introduced the first Social Security plan in Congress this year. Hagel repeatedly noted in a press conference Tuesday that he was "first," and there's no doubt voters in Iowa will hear that too in coming years...