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...they have to switch to hybrids by 2012, but to the general public, this is about time and love, not money and reason. We may fear global warming, replace our lightbulbs, recycle our plastics. But in America a man's car is still his castle, and you don't pick a castle for its energy efficiency...
...never have ... I know people pick on Barry [Bonds] because of the steroid thing. [But] this is a sport that no matter what you use, you still have to have natural ability to play it, and what Barry does is unbelievable. I don't know if he did it. I can't tell you about that. I just see him as one of the greatest in the game...
...seem to reinforce the notion that academic politics have little to do with where most students decide to go to college. The contrast between how Harvard fared in the media this spring and last could hardly be greater: in February 2006, while high school seniors were gearing up to pick their future school, Harvard’s president resigned after a protracted battle with Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors that made headlines around the world; this February, the national press largely cast Harvard in a rosy glow after the University selected its first woman president in its 371-year...
...Without Borders) relief group in 1971, and used the diplomacy skills he learned in humanitarian crises to launch a political career. Socialist opponents have called Sarkozy's recruitment of Kouchner a ploy to co-opt and thus weaken the left ahead of June legislative elections. Supporters counter that the pick is proof of Sarkozy's commitment to seek public and political consensus as he modernizes France...
...forget who we really are.” She recommends a quiet, reflective summer: “If you have a few weeks to yourself, use it to remember who you used to be...Remember how you used to paint—you know, before your life got crazy? Pick up a brush again. Give it a chance.” More serious but less serious than the first issue, less “adult” but more adult, Freeze 2 takes on the weight of the world, and after thinking about it carefully it looks they?...