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...That's a marked departure from the Bush Administration, which sought to marginalize global diplomacy on carbon emissions. With a major U.N. summit on global warming just 10 months away in Copenhagen, the current shift is necessary if the U.S. is to regain leadership on climate issues and work toward an equitable international deal on reducing carbon emissions. "The U.S. is the only nation that can lead the world, and this is the most serious challenge the world has faced," said Gore...
...hard to let go sometimes, and some men have attempted to regain the nation's top spot. Martin Van Buren, whose term ended in 1841, ran again twice for the presidency, once in 1844 and again on the Free Soil ticket in 1948. (He lost.) Teddy Roosevelt, in between African safaris and expeditions to uncharted Amazonian rivers, ran for a third term on the Bull Moose ticket. He was shot right before a campaign stop, yet was hearty enough to deliver his speech with the bullet lodged in his chest. (Still, TR lost.) Millard Fillmore ran a disinterested campaign...
...cash squeeze, to continue operating. The government has stepped in and appointed a new board consisting of heavyweights from India's corporate sector, but officials say a bailout is not needed. Satyam is seeking bank loans to help cover salaries and other operating expenses as it tries to regain its balance...
...paint again. While convalescing, he painted The Trodden Weed, with his arm suspended in a sling from the ceiling. The boots that flatten the weed once belonged to Howard Pyle and were Betsy's Christmas gift to him in 1950. Wyeth wore them while taking long walks to regain his strength. He explained: "The painting came to signify to me a close relationship between critical illness and the refusal to accept it-a kind of stalking away...
Yahoo! remains the No. 2 search company in the U.S., with about 18% of the market. Google (GOOG), by most measures, is far ahead, at 65%. Microsoft falls far behind at 10%. It is unlikely that Yahoo! will regain market share on the PC, but the wireless market has not been carved up. It may take years before it is clear who leads in Web searches on handsets. It is also unclear which company will take the wireless lead in Europe, India, China and Japan. Yahoo! still has a shot at a prominent position for its core business beyond...