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...addition to describing why he was running for president, Nader explained why he had chosen Peter Camejo, a member of the socially responsible investment movement, as his running mate, using anecdotes from Camejo’s past and noting what he thinks Camejo brings to the election...
...game of presidential prospects, John Kerry, who has learned the value of forward observation in war and politics, went on a scouting mission. He and his wife Teresa invited John and Elizabeth Edwards over for an intimate gathering at their Georgetown mansion, along with half a dozen other guests. Peter Yarrow, of the folk-singing group Peter, Paul and Mary and an old Kerry buddy from his Vietnam protest days, was there. And so was Georgia's then Senator Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in that war. Dining just one floor below a collection of Dutch masters and beyond...
...SETUP If you think Peter Parker is alienated and nerdy, check out Andy, a feckless, aimless orphan whose father left him an unusual legacy: superstrength and a ray gun that instantly annihilates its victims. Eightball positively crackles with self-loathing and pop-culture smarts and crawls with the kind of weirdo loners Clowes portrayed so well in Ghost World. Every frame is like a melancholy miniature Daumier, rendered in pulpy primary colors. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about comic books--sorry, graphic novels--check out Clowes. Nobody does them better...
...down the system: high prices, inadequate supply, creaking infrastructure. The European Commission began liberalizing the electricity market with a directive in 1996, though countries adopted rules at their own pace. The deadline was July 1 for industrial users - although most E.U. nations missed it - and 2007 for households. Peter Claes, president of the International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers in Geneva, points out that liberalization has so far accomplished very little; electricity prices have risen 35-50% in the last year despite it. Yes, production costs have risen - the price of coal has doubled - but Claes points to a lack...
...aficionados on some 40 courts worldwide-some of which, like those at Fontainebleau castle near Paris, are exquisite historical monuments-and enthusiasts say the game is on the up. "Real tennis is in a much healthier state than it was 15-20 years ago," says professional player Peter Paterson of the Cambridge University Real Tennis Club. As proof, he points to the recently built Millennium Court at London's Middlesex University, complete with heated floors and five video cameras to record and analyze performance...