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...cities on the Gulf Coast have always been potential deathtraps, they have always been gold mines too--great natural ports on a warm-water gulf, perfectly situated to profit from the traffic moving up and down one of the world's most important shipping lanes: the Mississippi River. The port of South Louisiana moves more tonnage each year than any other in the nation. Add to that the commodities the Gulf produces, including nearly 30% of the nation's oil, 20% of its natural gas and a third of its fish and shellfish, and it is clear--as many have...
Maghen is one of 27 seniors at her school who take part in the Wise Individualized Senior Experience (WISE) program, a not-for-profit internship initiative in place in nearly 70 public and private high schools in California, New York, Florida and nine other states. Seniors in WISE earn class credit by completing unpaid internships in their areas of interest. "The students begin to see a connection between their academics and their life goals," says Nancy Schneider, who founded Milken's WISE program in 2000. "Their motivation soars, and they become very committed to meeting their responsibilities." This year Schneider...
That made Silverstein the landlord for the buildings (he would profit if he could increase the buildings' income). After 9/11 he became the custodian for a site of national mourning, a role that New York's politicians felt deeply uncomfortable with. "At the outset, the problem was the absence of a real leader," says Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner...
...dealing with end-of-life electronics duties as long as possible. When they do, many are unaware of the federal rule that businesses generating more than 220 lbs. of monitor waste a month (about 10 PCs' worth) handle disposal responsibly. That's starting to change. The number of for-profit electronics-recycling firms has doubled over the past three years, to about 900, offering alternatives to the landfill and the stockroom graveyard...
...accounts in the meantime. In 1995, the Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission reached an agreement for Russia to stop selling weapons to Iran in exchange for the lifting of American prohibitions on certain technology exports. In light of this precedent, it may be sensible to offer compensation for the lost Iranian profit, as certain negotiators have requested. If we cannot count on their ideology, we can count on our checkbooks. Iran might be the most sensitive issue, but it is not the only one. With oil at $70 a barrel, Russian egos have become as inflated as their reserve surplus, which...