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...planet from the present economic circumstances. And rest assured, prices are not likely to drop. How could they, since worldwide discovery of oil peaked in 1964? In China and India, hundreds of millions of households dream of getting a car or even two. Let's hope the exponential rise of oil prices will guide us all toward greener aspirations that will encourage the production of a less polluting alternative to cars. Otherwise one planet will not be enough. Nicolas Morin, PARIS...
...bigger houses are now museums where you can study the Karoo's harsh history: the Great Trek, when the Boers left Cape Town for the interior in 1835-40; wars between Europeans and Africans, particularly Zulus; wars among Europeans (the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902); the rise of Afrikaner nationalism and Boer mythology. Not all the area's troubles are past. There's more than a hint of enduring apartheid in the town's layout: colonial mansions for whites in the center, tin shacks for coloreds and blacks on the outskirts. And there's a lingering antipathy toward...
...They're also, above all, trying to keep hope alive. "It's amazing he's come so far," says Carter Wamp of Huckabee's dramatic rise in Iowa from back-of-the-pack to Republican caucus front-runner alongside Mitt Romney. "No one expects anything from us," says Raena Davis, acknowledging Biden's low poll numbers. But as befits someone willing to devote herself nonstop to such a cause, she is predicting a surprise strong showing for her man, saying, "I'm more than optimistic. I'm absolutely confident...
...article "Grad Schools Rise in Diversity" contained three errors. The report mentioned in the article was published by the Council of Graduate Schools, not the Council of Graduate Students. The article implied that each minority population examined in the report—including international and domestic students—increased its enrollment in graduate programs by at least 3 percent, but in fact this figure only applied to domestic students. Finally, the article stated that women constitute 67 percent of the enrollment in master's programs. In fact, the report found that women make...
...campaign season forces out lesser-known candidates without a large war chest to keep them going over so many months. However, this effect is dwarfed by the advantage they receive by getting more time to build momentum from a tiny base of energized supporters—witness the meteoric rise of the obscure Republican Ron Paul, who recently set a record for the highest fundraising total in one day, and the speedy ascent of Mike Huckabee, the new champion of evangelical Christians. Newspapers groan at the cost of covering so many candidates for so long, and pundits decry the supposed...