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...focus on things European. Effective this issue, we're increasing the number of editorial pages, extra space that will go largely to European news. But the definition of news is changing in this globalized, post-cold war world, when political divides are being replaced by concerns about prosperity, its pursuit and its consequences. So we'll be expanding our coverage of business and technology. We'll be focusing on the growing debates about the distribution of wealth and health, the efficacy of genetic engineering and technology generally. And, like all good European editors, we'll be trying to keep...
...world--the gentle and the intelligent as well as the stupid and the murderous. And while I would not wish this work on her unless she wishes it for herself, still I should say that if one acknowledges the full breadth of the news, then the pursuit of it makes for a useful life...
...ways of doing that: invest in renewable energy sources and "cap and trade" emissions. That is, set ceilings for worldwide greenhouse-gas emission and let nations either sell emission credits if they emit below their allowance or buy credits if they exceed permitted levels. The theory is that the pursuit of greenbacks will fuel greener business. "Whenever you turn a pollution cut into a financial asset," says Joseph Goffman, an attorney at Environmental Defense, "people go out and make lots of pollution cuts...
...about relationships and monogamy to the wind and embrace passion in any form, no matter how illicit. The narrative of the film is broken into four segments, each from the perspective of a different Owens sibling. Adam readjusts his personality to suit whichever character is the object of his pursuit and seduction. He pops up mysteriously wherever the Owens siblings are. Each Owens knows that Adam is hiding something, but none of them can quite figure out what it is. And it certainly does not deter any one of them from falling into his clutches. But the refreshing twist...
...Aside, of course, from the facile and one-dimensional explanation of jealousy, isn't the rest of the free and not-so-free world bursting at the seams to be like the citizens of the country that brought us life, liberty and-that anthem of the modern age-the pursuit of happiness...