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...help sell it to the Russians. After all, in the realm of the hypothetical, it has to be considered as likely that Moscow could "accidentally" launch 200 missiles as it could "accidentally" launch one. All of which feeds the Russian suspicion that even the proposed limited missile defense scheme is simply the precursor of a Star Wars revival...
...Alessandro says she might consider choice in the future under such a scheme...
Lewis suggests that this statistic is vindication that the much-criticized randomization scheme he fought for in his first few months as dean has actually worked out for the best...
Ironically, new construction was one of the aims in 1995 when the state, whose environmental laws make it a utility builder's nemesis, launched the nation's first and most sweeping electric deregulation plan. Enthusiastically endorsing the scheme were utilities, lawmakers and environmental and consumer-advocate groups. The goal enunciated by Republican Governor Pete Wilson was to bust up the monopolies held by utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison (SCE). They in turn would be free to purchase and market power in the state as well as to pursue business elsewhere. PG&E, for instance, owns...
...would take years to have an effect, and even then wouldn't ease the electricity crunch. Bush's goal of eliminating regulations that impede the construction of refineries, pipelines, plants and transmission lines would help someday, but it won't be any easier to get through Congress than his scheme to drill in the Arctic...