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...country to strategize and rally over climate change. For this generation - post-Cold War, post-9/11, perhaps post-prosperity - global warming is emerging as their issue. Averting dangerous climate change is going to take smart policy, vast technological change and brave entrepreneurs, but it will also require a popular social movement that can alter American values. Global warming is far from inspiring that kind of change - the Capitol plant protest still only attracted a few thousand people - but it is beginning and it is growing, and a snowstorm isn't likely to stop...
...eating it sober. The rowdy crowd was entertained throughout the meal by the Breakers, a Harvard break dancing troupe, the Asian American Dance Troupe, the Din & Tonics, and the performance martial arts group Harvard Wushu Club, a crowd favorite. When asked why the performance martial arts act was so popular, Annie Ye ’11, a Wushu performer, replied, “We have weapons and shiny stuff. That always gets the crowd riled up.” While some guests who didn’t speak Chinese might not have understood some of the jokes throughout the banquet...
...public salesmanship. The White House already has a handful of health-care reformers who spend a lot of time talking to the American people, from the President himself to Peter Orszag, the budget director, to Kathleen Sebelius, the newly nominated Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Sebelius, the popular Kansas governor, was introduced alongside DeParle on Monday. DeParle, by contrast, is being tasked with what she has always done best, working behind the scenes to improve the health-care system. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...postcard-perfect white stretches for which the Caribbean is famous - with snorkeling, scuba-diving and a range of restaurants. I snuck onto the Sofitel's private island for a luxurious, leisurely lunch at the hotel's gourmet restaurant under the mangrove trees. Another upscale island destination popular with the Colombian upper classes is Punta Iguana, which feels like a mini-South Beach. Less-expensive day-trip options dotted around the archipelago range from Colombia's version of a swim-up bar to a variety of touristy beaches equipped with cooking huts where freshly caught fish is simply but succulently prepared...
...attack comes at a sensitive time for Pakistan, and Punjab in particular. The country's largest and wealthiest province was plunged into turmoil last week after its most popular politician, opposition leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was barred from holding elected office by the Supreme Court in a controversial ruling. The decision sparked angry protests across the province and opened up a major rift with the government. Sharif has held political rallies across Punjab, urging supporters to join this month's lawyer-led "long march" to Islamabad to demand the reinstatement of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Over...