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...what's good for the carbon offsetting business good for the environment? That's open to debate. Voluntary carbon offsetting is an unlicensed industry, and without a common regulator to police the projects and companies pledging to shrink emissions, offset providers have come up with a raft of competing rules and practices, not all of them with the credibility customers expect...
...even before a decision is made to expand or shrink the U.S. military presence in Iraq, Congress may face the politically touchy question this year of whether to increase the involuntary call-up of National Guard or Army Reserve troops for Iraq duty. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker has warned that his active force will break down if it isn't replenished with more Guard and Reserve soldiers. But members of Congress know that these part-time warriors, whose ranks have also been strained by Iraq deployments, are political powerful constituencies in their congressional districts...
...However, once a population reaches a tipping point and actually does start to shrink, this process rapidly accelerates as the responsibility for childbearing falls on a smaller and smaller number of women who are themselves having fewer and fewer children...
...forced Jefferson County to stop applying the district's guidelines at an inner-city magnet school because the career academy offers unique programs--like legal services and veterinary science--that students can't get anywhere else. Since then, Central High, a historically black school, has seen its white population shrink from 51% to 18%. And this shift could mark the beginning of a vicious cycle. "The greater the racial isolation," says district administrator Pat Todd, "the more difficult it is to recruit children of different races...
...from the field. The Crusaders chipped away at the lead, scoring seven consecutive points at the foul line and climbing close at 21-17. A quick turnaround by the Crimson gave Harvard a 12-point advantage, its largest lead of the game, but Holy Cross added another basket to shrink the Crimson lead to 35-25 at halftime. After the break, the Crimson entered familiar territory. “I think the game tempo was decided in the first two minutes of the second half,” sophomore Katie Rollins said. “We came out a little...