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...that the SFO had acted unlawfully in scrapping the inquiry, a decision later overturned by the House of Lords.) And the prosecution of BAE for overseas corruption would be only the second such case against a British firm. Building contractor Mabey & Johnson was last month fined $10.5 million for similar offenses dating back to the early 1990s. (Read: "The Gulf: An Exquisite Balancing...
...inching ever closer to addressing global warming. The sweeping bill, sponsored by Democratic Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry, will cut U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 83% by 2050 - targets that in the short term are a bit more ambitious than a similar carbon cap-and-trade bill passed by the House two months ago. "This is the beginning of one of the most important battles we will face, as legislators, as citizens," Kerry said Wednesday, flanked by veterans, local legislators and clean-energy entrepreneurs. "It is time to reinvent the way America uses...
President Barack Obama issued a similar call to action when he spoke to the U.N. about climate change at a daylong summit on Sept. 22. But his speech, which contained high emotion and few concrete specifics on how much the U.S. would actually cut greenhouse-gas emissions, disappointed some. It was remarkable, after eight years of stonewalling from former President George W. Bush, to see a U.S. leader rally the rest of the world to combat global warming, but Obama kept his carbon promises vague, suggesting his limits. (Read "A Wind Shift in the Global Warming Debate...
...Similar problems affect many Crimson athletes, who find it difficult to balance life beyond athletics. Fryhofer has begun this year with a compromise, giving herself a break from a cappella until the spring semester, when the competitive volleyball season will have ended...
...really enjoy optimal health status at age 70 or higher, women should keep a healthy body weight since very young adulthood and maintain that,” said Sun, whose research was inspired by a similar study on male Japanese-Americans in Hawaii. He said he wanted to see if the same trend appeared in women given that they live longer than men and they have a higher Body Mass Index...