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This is no argument for giving oil companies a license to drill wherever they want. Indeed, Alaska is a singular place, and the waters off its north coast are so cold and so rough that any spill might be irrecoverable. What the U.S. needs is alternatives - the only solution that would permanently protect the Arctic and any other vulnerable place cursed with oil. "For the sake of the planet and our energy independence, we need to begin the transition to cleaner fuels now," said Obama. But to make that happen, we need a climate bill - and to pass a climate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Compromise on Drilling Pleases No One | 3/31/2010 | See Source »

With a trio of short, spunky speeches, she leaped back to the top of the broadcast networks' evening newscasts and a dominant position on cable TV, simply by stating her unvarnished opposition to Obamacare and deriding Democrats, Washington élites and the press. She laughed off the notion that rough language used by some Republicans might incite further acts of aggression, threats and abusive language that have come against legislators in the wake of the final health care vote. Palin herself has been the subject of criticism for urging her followers to "reload" rather than "retreat" after passage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Palin Goes to War: Go for It? Hell, Yes! | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Just as he learned about how to deal with the rough patches from Mike’s miscue, Shirley’s advice has helped him fight through the team’s early-season struggles as well...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Family Wisdom Guides Suter | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

...bottom? "There's certainly going to be rough sledding ahead in the casino industry - Vegas is overbuilt and Atlantic City has its problems with a lot of [regional] competition. That's precisely why they're selling at the values they're selling at," says Icahn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Carl Icahn Is Wagering Big on Casinos | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

...Pornography or Art,” the precise Art Nouveau illustrations of Oscar Wilde compatriot Aubrey Beardsley are juxtaposed with rough-etched instructional diagrams from Japanese bridal books from the Middle Ages. The text that accompanies these images, in its unwaveringly academic tone, makes the artwork all the more shockingly graphic. It’s clearly not intended to titillate the reader, but one can see how it might nonetheless...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let's Talk About Sex, Harvard | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

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