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...global carbon emissions by 2030 could require as little as one-tenth of a percentage point per year of global growth through the end of the century. Those costs will have to be borne by someone, and the developing nations will rightly push for North America and Europe to pick up the check. Expect that argument to be renewed at the next major U.N. climate-change meeting in Bali, Indonesia, at the end of the year...
...Clintons learned during the last major effort to change the medical financing system, major interest group and corporate opposition can pick a plan apart, and the specters of increased taxes (a feature of the state reform plans), increased government bureaucracy, and cuts in payments to health care providers means that blocking serious change isn't very difficult...
...carbon emissions by 2030 could require as little as one-tenth of a percentage point per year of global growth through the end of the century. Those costs will still have to be borne by someone, and the developing nations will rightly push for North America and Europe to pick up the check. Expect that argument to be renewed at the next major UN climate change meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali at the end of the year...
Harvard will rely on junior Alex Lewis in the decathlon and freshman 400-meter hurdlers George Eggers and Justin Grinstead, as well as its throwers, to pick up a majority of its remaining points...
...recruits. Do you mean to tell them that you want a kid to commit to an institution for four years and—in the Ivy League’s case—spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on tuition, and you can’t even pick up the phone to give him a call...