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...University Democrats of UT Austin, as she introduces the former President. "We know him from playing his saxophone on Arsenio. He is the first rock star President of this country." Certainly Clinton is greeted like a rock star by the mostly student crowd as he moves down the ramp from Main Hall to a podium on the mall in the heart of the campus. Flash bulbs go off, camera phones are lifted high and U2 blasts over the speakers...
...three months later how much progress you've made. Well, how do we do that with this? ...We'll see how much emissions there [are] with the different industries, and then we'll start regulating it and tightening the noose. We need to really have a ramp-up time, that's important so that come 2020, we want to have the reduction of 25% of greenhouse gas emissions and we want to be at the 1990 level. We want to show that we not only just pass the laws but that we take [them] seriously...
...more spectacular jumps after Snake River but retired a few years later. Butte architect, and Knievel's graphic design artist, Bob Corbett recalls that Knievel wanted to attempt one last, record jump with his motorcycle. But Corbett did a graphic rendering of several views of the proposed 320-foot, ramp-to-ramp jump, including side views and helmet views. "After you see this," he told Knievel, "you will quit talking about making this jump." Knievel, he says, looked at the renderings and simply exclaimed, "Holy...
...Despite his poor health, Corbett recalled, Knievel wanted to attempt one last record jump with his motorcycle. So Corbett did a graphic rendering of several views of the proposed 320-foot, ramp-to-ramp jump, including side views and helmet views. "After you see this, you will quit talking about making this jump...
...effort to ease the pressure, China's economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, on Wednesday announced an almost 10% increase in domestic gasoline and diesel prices, calling the move an "urgent step" needed to tamp down demand and encourage refiners to ramp up production. The price hike is likely to alleviate the shortages - that is, until the next increase in global crude prices, says Gordon Kwan, a Hong Kong-based oil and gas analyst for CLSA Ltd. "When retail prices [in China] are nearly a third lower than in the rest of the world, why would producers want...