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...from New York City, and Meyer, a Catholic who grew up in Phoenix, Ariz., say their family deals with racial boundaries daily. Meyer had to take a class to learn how to braid and care for her daughter's hair properly, and Glotzer sits on the board of PACT, the nonprofit agency based in San Francisco that helped arrange their kids' adoptions. Glotzer and Meyer also decided to live only in racially integrated neighborhoods in Oakland and Berkeley, Calif. They turned down a chance to move to New England, where they doubted they would be able to find a similarly...
...buying and selling of permits for greenhouse gases is permitted under the Kyoto treaty to combat climate change. Despite the rejection of the pact by the U.S., other major governments, including Japan, have ratified it, and trading in permits for carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, is increasing in Europe. In the U.S., many executives who expect eventually to face more rigorous laws are eager to get experience coping with caps. "We really have endeavored to construct a program that will be highly credible and successful--and by success we mean it will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions," says Dale Heydlauff...
...presidential election polls would reverse the country's laudable efforts to adopt free-market reforms. A Brazilian default could upset the tenuous U.S. recovery and cost U.S. Republicans in November's congressional elections. That vote also coincides with the start of new negotiations for a giant hemispheric free-trade pact. If Brazil's economy continues to melt down, those talks will implode, causing Bush political embarrassment...
When struggling McCall's magazine made a pact with ROSIE O'DONNELL to become Rosie, it was as if Enron got the right to change its name to John Wayne Energy: a really sweet rebranding opportunity. But Rosie's publishers are fighting with the ex-talk show host, who gets a big payout if the magazine is a success, over how much say she should have in matters of content. Angry notes and behind-the-scenes sniping from both sides have turned up in the press, as have some unusual story proposals attributed to O'Donnell. Among the contested ideas...
...Portugal. The center-right government of Prime Minister José Manuel Durào Barroso, which took office in March, said a new audit determined that instead of a 2001 budget deficit equivalent to 2.6% of gdp, the shortfall came in at a whopping 4.1%. Stability and Growth Pact rules hold that any euro-zone country with a deficit above 3% of gdp could face big financial penalties. Obviously, the idea that the E.U.'s poorest country could be fined - on top of huge spending cutbacks the government must make - has not gone down well among Portugal's citizens. Charged...