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The University of New Hampshire got the ball rolling when it announced Desai's $1 million pledge in October 1999. This might have served as a confidence builder for the University of Washington, which unveiled Desai's $2 million pledge at a $10,000 ceremony in February 2000. The accompanying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up and Dot Gone | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

Trouble is, Desai was booted from TheStreet.com without any stock options and left Scient shortly after the New Hampshire pledge was announced. Desai told TIME he can't legally disclose how much Scient stock he holds, although the amount may not matter much, as the share value has fallen from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Up and Dot Gone | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

With the U.S. still skeptical about the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to cut carbon dioxide emissions and curb global warming and the 83 other signatory nations still wrestling over the details, the E.U. was growing concerned that the pact might fall apart. In February, Environmental Protection Agency Director Christine Todd Whitman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming: A Climate Of Despair | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

Other interests--notably the oil and coal industries, both heavy contributors to Bush's campaign--also had the President's ear. Only a week after Bush received Whitman's memo, he wrote a letter of his own to four industry-friendly Republican Senators, announcing the reversal of his CO2 pledge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming: A Climate Of Despair | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

Public defenders around the country have come under intense scrutiny in recent years. While Texas's introspection and pledge to change was among the most public, 12 other states have also taken steps recently to revamp and improve their public defense programs. "There's been a lot of movement in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas's Bruised Public Defense Program Gets an Overhaul | 4/6/2001 | See Source »

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