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...Committee member Jeremy Rifkin, head of the Foundation on Economic Trends and author of the widely discussed The European Dream, said he believed Zapatero would make "the third industrial revolution" - Rifkin's own proposal to address the world's energy crises by developing renewable energies, storing them with hydrogen, and distributing them via grid technology, as the Internet distributes information - a prominent part of his next government's agenda. "Zapatero gets it," says Rifkin. "He believes in working from the ground up and distributing power equally, and he wants to move away from his country's traditions of top-down...
...made a tepid call for rappers to self-censor the words nigger and bitch from their albums. But most insiders believe that a debate about profanity and misogyny obscures a much deeper problem: an artistic vacuum at major labels. "The music community has to get more creative," says Steve Rifkin, CEO of SRC Records. "We have to start betting on the new and the up-and-coming for us to grow as an industry. Right now, I don't think anyone is taking chances. It's a big-business culture...
...cushion and exited five batters later with the go-ahead run on first base—without having recorded an out.After a leadoff triple and two walks, No. 8 hitter Rob Papenhause lofted a game-tying grand slam into the centrifugal winds in right-center.After No. 9 hitter Brad Rifkin grounded a single up the middle, senior Jason Brown tried to staunch the bleeding. But he only managed to induce a sacrifice bunt before allowing an RBI single, hitting a batter, and surrendering a three-run drive to Dietz. In the blink of an eye, an encouraging four-run lead...
...Bristow discovers the secrets of a long-lost sister and untangles a plot involving--oh, I have only a paragraph? Then let's just say that, for all its wild twists, Alias is emotionally grounded by A+ actors like Victor Garber (as Sydney's caring but ruthless dad), Ron Rifkin (as her oily boss turned nemesis turned boss) and Garner, whose tough, empathetic vulnerability puts the act in action...
...fundamentalist theocracy would not be so good. Iraq will probably have a civil war that will eclipse and consume any puppet democracy that the U.S. creates. Stay the course? That was our motto in Vietnam. Daniel T. Arcieri Blue Point, New York Who Owns the Next Century? Jeremy Rifkin's book the European Dream [Oct. 18] argues that the next century belongs to enlightened Europeans, not money-obsessed, hyperviolent Americans. I wonder whether it has occurred to Rifkin that America's economy and society are very vibrant not because Americans are materialists but because their culture encourages innovation and doesn...