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...increased subsidies for other energy sources or higher energy-efficiency standards for vehicles and homes - or all three. Economists tend to prefer the first of these approaches because taxes on gas, oil or fossil fuels in general tamp demand and allow the market - rather than members of Congress - to sift out the best alternatives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New President's Economy Problem | 5/15/2008 | See Source »

...first-person perspective, Lee’s book is quirky and amusing, a banquet of anecdotes and adventures complete with well-placed, droll quips. Excavating the often long and complicated history of Chinese food for the richest, most appetizing bits seems a daunting task, but Lee manages to sift through the insipid for the necessary and the entertaining...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Fortune Cookie' a Wisdom Stuffed Delicacy | 4/3/2008 | See Source »

Though TV shows have gradually become available on individual network sites over the past few years, the merit of Hulu is that it lets you go to a single, easy-to-use site to watch any episode you want - without having to sift through all the promotional clutter on official TV sites. In fact, you don't even have to know which network a show airs on. "People don't associate The Biggest Loser with NBC. People identify with shows, not a network," says Hulu's CEO, Jason Kilar, whose Los Angeles-based startup has received $100 million in private...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hulu: The Next Step in TV on the Web | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...creators of MapEcos said their Web site makes it much easier to sift through the existing information...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HBS Prof’s Site Maps Pollution | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...Yale, Columbia, and Stanford officials busily sift through their early applications, Harvard admissions officers are still traveling the country, touting the College to high-schoolers...

Author: By Arianna Markel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sans Early, Admissions Hits the Road | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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