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...People are starting to notice how terrible Jim is. It's great. Eventually they'll rise up and revolt. My only hope is they do it sooner rather than later. If people here were our founding fathers, the Revolutionary War would've been delayed 10 years. Because Stanley Washington was napping. And Phyllis Hancock was still signing the Declaration. And Kevin Jefferson was distracted by a butterfly...
...national governments in Washington, London and Beijing, among other places, that will take part in the upcoming U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen and shape how the world takes on global warming. But the vast majority of that response - whether it means shoring up cities for sea level rise or tightening green building codes - will need to be carried out at the state and city level, the governors in L.A. noted. The summit "is part of that global groundswell that perceives the threats from climate change, but also the inordinate opportunities if the world acts now and in concert to transit...
While compostable materials are more expensive, Martin says that the rise in price for materials was offset by the use of fountain beverages. In the end, the total switch was cost-neutral...
...really very heartening that so many concerned citizens could act in such a conjoined and conscientious way,” Fash said. “It’s wonderful that Harvard can rise to the occasion even in our own fiscal crisis...
...last year's Olympics were China's flashy coming-out party, the massive military parade commemorating 60 years of communist rule on Oct. 1 marks a more serious side to the rise of the People's Republic. Some 5,000 military personnel and 108 missile trucks - including several carrying ICBMs capable of hitting Washington - proceeded with pomp down Beijing's central avenues as more than 150 fighter aircraft soared overhead. And to make sure the heavens don't rain on their parade, the Chinese will scramble a fleet of fog-dispersing aircraft to intercept storm clouds. The event "will embody...