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...Schiavo, free of interference, has now peacefully passed through a natural stage of life. Life is precious because it is finite. Alice Hooper Rochester, New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

...result of the Kyoto process to date has been that U.S. stubbornness has cost the world seven precious years during which the energies of the climate community were diverted towards saving an agreement that had assumed a perverse political salience but was never climatically meaningful. Now that the political battle is over, we need to ensure that the protracted politicking of the last seven years does not permanently scar the future direction of global climate policy. In particular, there are three important ways in which future climate policy initiatives will have to move away from the shadow of the Kyoto...

Author: By Adil Najam, | Title: FOCUS: Imagining a Post-Kyoto Climate Regime | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

Then both boats disappeared underneath the Mass Ave. bridge at the halfway point. For a few precious seconds, neither crew could see the opposition...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Redemption on the Charles: M. Lightweight Crew Tops Navy | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

...give-and-go on “Ground as Cold as Common,” with the two seemingly alternately forgetting that its their turn to sing is, again, a lovely piece of music, but the song lacks any oomph, and the refrain “So take your precious time / these bottles full of wine” ultimately feels empty...

Author: By Amos Barshad, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Music: Mice Parade | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

...used to be that most of us could start practicing our delivery long before we actually got the precious degree. This June, however, the University will implement new standards that will slash the number of honors recipients by almost half and reveal a large percentage of us as total posers...

Author: By Daniel J. Mandel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Honors: Now With More Competition | 4/21/2005 | See Source »

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