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...appears that the Socialists were paying attention. Environment Minister Cristina Narbona, seated in the audience Saturday, was impressed with Stiglitz's discussion of education as a key stimulus for economic growth. "To hear him say that gives us incentive to improve our proposals even more." And in a speech closing Saturday's meeting, Labor Minister Jesús Caldera responded to Caldicott's impassioned critique of nuclear energy by promising to take Spain's remaining eight reactors out of service "when they reach the end of their useful lives...
...this week hosting the world's first Future Energy Summit, a three-day gathering of more than 4,000 entrepreneurs, analysts and officials from the alternative energy world, including heavyweights like green designer William McDonough and Icelandic President Olafur Grimsson. (Also present was Prince Charles, who gave a speech via hologram...
...rowdies put in his place by South Carolina, his victory Saturday night could not have been sweeter. It established him as what the party has lacked until now - a true frontrunner. "It took us a while, but what's eight years among friends?" McCain quipped in his victory speech...
...concession speech, Huckabee praised McCain for running a clean campaign. "The two of us who finished on top ran with a level of civility," Huckabee said, marking a contrast to the sometimes vicious battle he waged with Mitt Romney in Iowa, and the constant criticism he received from Thompson. "I would rather be where I am and have done it with honor than to have won with the dishonor of getting there by attacking somebody else...
...Hampshire, garnering just 1% of the vote. In Michigan and Nevada he placed fifth, and in South Carolina, a state where he'd invested the bulk of his time and energy outside of Iowa, Thompson was a distant third with 16% of the vote. His non-concession-concession speech - in which many pundits wryly noted that Thompson never looked happier - left many scratching their heads, wondering if he was dropping out or pushing on. He, in fact, said only that he planned on taking a break to visit his sick mother in Tennessee. But with little money left...