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...exuberant settings, that drilling will not affect gas prices anytime soon, but that's not the point. The issue is an electoral winner for Republicans. Between March and June, around the time when gas settled above $4 per gallon, the American electorate shifted from its long-standing 50-50 split between those who want more energy conservation and those who want more petroleum extraction. A Gallup poll in May found the split at 57%-41% in favor of offshore and wilderness drilling. A mid-June Pew poll found a 12-point swing since February in favor of expanded exploration...
...Harvard sailing team kicked off its season last weekend with four events around New England, and the Crimson endured shifty conditions to bring home its first team title of the year.The co-ed team split between the Harry Anderson Trophy in New Haven, Conn. and the MIT Invite in Cambridge. The MIT Invite brought the team’s highlight of the weekend, as Harvard dominated the competition, winning both divisions of the regatta. The Crimson finished a respectable tenth at the Anderson Trophy.Meanwhile, the women’s team sailed in two events—the Man-Labs Trophy...
Obama leads in two key states but trails McCain in two others--similar to George W. Bush and John Kerry's split...
...abundance of jungle animals is due to Rio's spectacular setting, caught between sea and serra, with the central hills and northern suburbs carved out of - and still split by - the Atlantic Forest. The western suburbs, meanwhile, are bordered by a swamp system whose most famous inhabitants are denoted by the area's indigenous name, Jacarepagua, or Alligator Harbor...
...head to the recording studio. In two years, more than 30,000 people have ponied up more than $2.5 million, and 25 musicians have cut or are cutting albums. So far, the average return on each $10 investment is about $2.50 from CD sales and ads. The money gets split among the artist, SellaBand and the artist's "believers"--an apt description for those who contributed. "People become emotionally invested as part of a team," says Mark Maclaine, bassist in the British band Second Person, which in six months raised $50,000 from 741 investors and has since...