Word: shells
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...government apology with action. Koizumi called it a "frank and meaningful" exchange. Yet in some respects, Hamada's tough words are more representative of Japan's current political climate than Koizumi's conciliatory ones. After more than a half a century of emerging only fitfully from a pacifist, passive shell, Japan today is striding onto the world stage more boldly than it has done for two generations. And few leaders in Japan seem prepared to apologize for the new mood, however much they may regret the past. A new conservatism is taking hold among the nation's best and brightest...
...death and resurrection of Christ were meant to show us that death has no power, that the soul lives eternally while the body serves only as a container. Removing Schiavo's feeding tube was not cruel or disrespectful of life. On the contrary, the real cruelty was keeping her shell alive and not allowing her to be at peace with God. It is agonizing to have to let go of a loved one, but as God showed us through the sacrifice of his son, it is the greatest love of all to do so. Sandy Britt Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee...
...Earth’s climate. Rather it is the first step along this path. With every passing day the challenge of meeting the objective of the Protocol is made more difficult but certainly not impossible. Consider the impressive list of major corporations, starting with British Petroleum, and more recently Shell and others, and the hundreds of cities that are demonstrating what many analyses have indicated, namely, that the Kyoto targets can be met without incurring serious economic hardship...
...emission reductions for themselves. Moreover, we cannot indefinitely postpone difficult decisions in industrialized countries by seeking cheaper band-aids in the developing world. Market mechanisms can certainly be a path to a solution to the climate problem, but only if they lead to real technological innovation rather than emission shell games. The most lasting contributions from the developing countries will come not from their ability to cut emissions on the cheap, but from their ability to benefit from technological leapfrogging in long-term infrastructure...
...week progressed, fears of a second disaster sent occasional flashes of panic through the shell-shocked rescue camps. When President Betancur helicoptered into Mariquita for a second visit to the devastated zone, he encountered just such a scene. Said a local witness: "People were crying desperately, seeking out refuge in places that were more secure, while a vehicle with a loudspeaker rolled through the streets urging them to evacuate in order to avoid another Armero." Betancur struggled to restore calm. "Please, please, no more unfounded rumors," he exhorted. "We cannot be overcome by panic...