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Welcome to the wonderful world of umbrage, the new language of American politics. You would not have thought that the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly would be so sensitive. Sticks and stones and so on. Yet they all seem to have taken one look at that ad and fainted dead away. And when they came round, they demanded - as if with one voice (or at least as if with one list of talking points) - that every Democratic presidential candidate must "condemn" this shocking, shocking document...
...with scant prospect of any decrease in world demand for energy, it is only prudent to get a sense of what resources lie below the newly accessible sea. But there is something paradoxical about seeking in the Arctic the very carbon fuels that are melting the northern ice. "The rush to exploit Arctic resources can only perpetuate the vicious cycle of human-induced climate change," says Mike Townsley of Greenpeace International...
...rush will go on for Arctic resources, even though it is far from clear how extensive they really are. An often cited USGS report from 2000 estimated that the Arctic could contain 25% of the world's undiscovered oil reserves. More precise guesses are just beginning to come out. Late last month the USGS put total reserves in the East Greenland Rift Basins at 31.4 billion bbl. of "oil equivalent," mostly in the form of natural gas. (That would be the equivalent of about four years of U.S. oil consumption.) While the assessment of the region won't be finished...
...accuracy of exit polling and its economic practicality. As an undergraduate, Sproul studied bacteriology and had no journalistic ambitions. She said she simply “fell into” a position at a radio center upon graduation, where she fell again—this time for the rush of having a front seat to national and international events...
WORCESTER—Returning seven starters from last year’s standout defense, Harvard was supposed to be able to put pressure on Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph. Unfortunately for the Crimson, supposed to only goes so far. The pass rush only managed to get through the Crusaders’ offensive line a handful of times, as Randolph moved with ease, rolling out of the pocket as well as running the option. “That kid doesn’t get sacked,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “I mean, he just throws...