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...During your presidency, your energy policies were not very popular. Would the country be in better shape if we had adopted the policies you endorsed? -Ronald McGee, Anchorage Yes, of course. When I was elected, we were importing 9 million bbl. of oil per day. Within just a few years, we ?reduced that to 7 million bbl. per day. Now we're back up to 13 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Jimmy Carter | 9/25/2007 | See Source »

...spray or stand-alone liquid and gel air fresheners are used in nearly 75% of U.S. households, and the market has doubled since 2003 to $1.72 billion. The NRDC tested products, including those labeled "all-natural" or "unscented," and found a wide range of phthalate content, from zero parts per million (ppm) to 7,300 ppm. Many air fresheners contained a phthalate known as DEP and some also contained DBP, which are listed by the California EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment as a developmental toxin and female and male reproductive toxin, respectively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How "Fresh" Is Air Freshener? | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...Samantha L. Gelfand ’08. “We’ll be exploring all the usual options—talking to other publishers and exploring self-publishing.” Let’s Go Incorporated employs over 100 student researchers and editors per year, and according to Let’s Go publishing director Ines C. Pacheco ’08, student positions will “definitely” not be cut this year as a result of the St. Martin’s decision. “One of our goals as leadership this...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Publisher, Guide Agree To Let Go | 9/24/2007 | See Source »

...razor-thin margin of error that any golf team must cope with in tournaments also means that Harvard is closer to its best rounds than this week’s numbers suggest. “If everybody just improves one or two or three strokes per round, we’re definitely right there with some of the top teams,” Shuman said. In the aftermath of the McLaughlin, the Crimson players know the flaws in their swings but still point to the need to recover confidence, so crucial an element in a game that preys upon anyone...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Golf Brings Up Rear at Bethpage | 9/23/2007 | See Source »

...than the same 100 seniors having a mug for the entire year. Another possibility would be opening Upper Hall only after spring break as a kind of pre-graduation send off—this was the case last year and seemed to work well. It effectively cuts the cost per mug and would dramatically increase the number of seniors who could be accommodated (presumably any senior who is interested). Either of these systems would have been far superior to what the pub actually did—although we prefer the first solution. Finally, it is unfair to all seniors that...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Whose Hall? | 9/23/2007 | See Source »

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