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Villepin, a longtime critic of the American military presence in Iraq, described the war as “a turning point?? that eroded the global clout of the U.S. and hurt the cause of democracy...
...drop in listeners. This versatility offers listeners an opportunity to decide whether or not the new programming is worth listening to.If the programming is successful, radio stations will have data to go to advertisers with so they can continue to stay in business.While HD radio remains costly at this point??listeners must pony up for new equipment to hear the other channels—web-only content offers many of the same benefits at almost no cost and allows listeners to tune in when they’re not near a radio. HD and streaming technologies both expand...
...step into the spotlight and squashed all hopes for a Harvard upset in the process.“Our numbers are down in the frontcourt,” Sullivan said. “That was where our fatigue showed. I knew we would hit the wall at some point??it was clear it was in the second half, in the low post.”—Staff writer Walter E. Howell can be reached at wehowell@fas.harvard.edu...
...sections of 12 (very short) chapters each. Every few chapters follows a different central characters through the same cluster of years and experiences, which results in a mercilessly irritating repetition of events. Cheever claims in her introductory note that this purposeful redundancy reveals “an important turning point??through Hawthornes’ eyes and then through Emerson’s or Louisa May Alcott’s before it is finally completely described.” The actual effect is something akin to dozing off over your chem textbook and reading the same page about...
...future, he said. Citing the numerous climate change bills already in the Senate, and recent appeals from CEOs of major corporations, such as General Electric, calling upon the U.S. to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Holdren said that the U.S. is close to “a political tipping point?? regarding the issue of global warming. “We can still do something about this,” he said, “We cannot stop climate change in its tracks but we do have a choice to take action and avoid the most dangerous consequences...