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While the economic climate has hindered the University’s ability to finance large-scale public service programs, Faust’s recent efforts have been focused on promoting student projects and other opportunities in public service...
...planet. Granted, NASA’s 18-billion-dollar budget is a lot of money, but it accounts for only 0.6 percent of the federal budget. And while it is true that there are many important issues to deal with and many projects that need funding, the scale of NASA’s funding pales in comparison to the 150 billion dollars spent bailing out American International Group, the nearly 130 billion dollars spent bailing out the auto industry, the 663.8 billion dollars allotted for the Defense Department budget, or the 1.58 trillion dollars allotted for social programs. The Department...
...grander scale, Avatar has achieved what many industry savants thought impossible. It has passed the $1.843 billion worldwide gross of the previous all-time smash: Cameron's own Titanic, from 1997. Barring an instant apocalypse, Avatar will have passed Titanic's $600.8 million domestic take by the end of January. Since the new movie's gross is declining only 10% to 15% each week - far less than most pictures - there may be no stopping the Avatar avalanche...
...Obama's job is certainly lonely, as no doubt all Presidents have found [Jan. 25]. And yet the scale of destructive attacks on this man--from right, left and now center--is without precedent. By any standard, this man has achieved a remarkable record of legislation and world leadership in his first year in office. But how can he hope to continue unless we give him at least our grudging support...
...scorching temperatures and dry northwesterly winds from central Australia's parched desert caused fires that spread over 1 million acres (413,000 hectares), killing 173 people. Over 2000 homes were reduced to ash, dozens of towns were emptied of their populations and native wildlife was cremated on a devastating scale. The intense heat boiled 200,000 trout alive in their ponds outside of Marysville, the town worst hit by the fires. (See pictures of the koala rescue effort during the fires...