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...vast exhibition halls in southern Paris one color dominates: green. From the carpeting and lighting to the artificial lawn trimming and acid-green cocktail dresses worn by countless exhibition assistants, the message is hammered home that the industry has staked its economic future on the green revolution. The transformation has been swift. Only a few years ago automakers sued California and Rhode Island to stop governors from imposing local limits on carbon dioxide emissions, and they have lobbied hard against the European Union's efforts to legislate emission standards from Brussels...
...word, Smith re-enacted interviews she conducted with Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Harvard professor and preacher, and Reverend James Cone. She pulled ties out of her pocket, donned glasses, reclined on a chair, and assumed an affected tone of academic authority before switching to a more spirited, Southern accent. Smith’s ability to vary her voice wavered at times, but her subtle costume changes and obvious mannerism shifts made it clear when she had transitioned into another person. She wove together almost 20 narratives using a few simple props and voice changes in an elegant feat of resourcefulness...
...person who believes the investment can pay off is Senator Claire McCaskill, the Missouri Democrat who co-chairs Obama's national campaign. She used a similar strategy in 2006 to unseat Republican Jim Talent. McCaskill stumped hard and spent money across southern Missouri, traditionally Republican turf, narrowing her losses there and leaving Talent unable to overcome her huge advantages in the traditional Democratic strongholds of Kansas City and St. Louis. (View a gallery of campaign gaffes here...
...became anathema to producers and broadcasters who, according to industry observers, were and still are reluctant to put single mothers in starring or prominent roles. After four years of struggling, Choi's career had begun to pick up when her body was found in her bathroom in southern Seoul. She apparently hanged herself with a rope made of medical bandages. (Hanging is the most common form of suicide in South Korea, where gun ownership is illegal.) Her suicide has gripped the nation, dominating headlines as authorities, relatives and even the government try to determine what went wrong...
...Their importance to the bailout measure is a reflection of the Blue Dogs' growing clout within the Democratic Party. Decades ago, when the South was thick with Democrats, there was a saying that Southern Dems were so loyal they're rather vote for a yellow dog than a Republican. As the party moved to the left, forcing moderates like Billy Tauzin and Jimmy Hayes (both former Blue Dog leaders) to switch parties, one member joked that the remaining moderates had been choked blue by the left - thus rechristening the group Blue Dogs. For a while their numbers dwindled...