Word: southernly
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...compromise also loosened a requirement on states to generate 25% of their electricity with renewable fuel by 2025. That goal was lowered to 20% by 2020. And, as a concession to Southern states that lack sources of solar and geothermal power, the agreement provides credit for nuclear and hydro generation of electric power...
...bucket, varying by how you swing or carry it. On a vast scale, that's what would happen if the WAIS collapsed, and the direction of the sloshing would hit the U.S. especially hard. Other areas that would take a particularly bad beating would be the coastlines bordering the southern Indian Ocean...
...especially if their team doesn't win regular-season games, let alone Stanley Cups). When the 'Yotes' owner filed for bankruptcy protection last week, Balsillie offered a win-win proposition: He would buy the club and move it to the richest and most ardent hockey market in the NHL - southern Ontario. There, the team would not only most assuredly pack their arena nightly, but with constant fan support, they might be able to realize the dream of those two words that're music to any league owner's ears...
...Think of all those images you've ever seen of the toddler Wayne Gretzky learning to wield a stick on his backyard rink in southern Ontario. Now think of that little boy growing up to become a legend, the best the game has ever seen. Now think of that legend coaching a Canadian team to the ultimate victory, lifting another Cup over his head 30 years after his first win. While his father looks on. Less than a half an hour from where Baby Wayne was born. If that story doesn't choke you up at least a little, then...
...There has been heated debate over Germany's gun laws ever since a school shooting in the southern town of Winnenden on March 11, when 17-year-old Tim Kretschmar went on a rampage, killing 15 people before turning the gun on himself. After much wrangling between the conservative CDU and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government, the parties have finally agreed on a number of measures aimed at tightening Germany's gun controls, which are already quite strict compared with other European countries. (Read about Merkel in the TIME...