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...media’s commitment to covering and prioritizing environmental stories as “very important in changing public opinion.” Regardless of the lack of current environmental policy in the United States, Dimas said he has high hopes for the upcoming years. He has spoken with Barack Obama’s advisers and directly with John McCain, and both camps promised to work with Europe in the future to focus on the environment. His Boston visit also cemented his belief that environmental issues are rapidly gaining ground in the United States. “Today...
...reckless." Their partnership didn't last a year. He says Rajaram was fired in June 2004 because of erratic behavior, including joining conference calls while inebriated and missing client meetings. Despite this, Robinson, CEO of Outpost Entertainment Inc., says he remained friends with Rajaram, though the two hadn't spoken since 2005. "He could have called me. I would have been there for him. He had a lot of resources to turn...
...Badarpur, Iyer is helping his class battle integers and geometry. There are moments of hilarity as the English-educated teacher struggles for the right Hindi terms. Next door, Riya Goenka, another Teach India volunteer and a former banker, is leading a class in spoken English to half a dozen teenagers, all of whom want to be retail or beauty-parlor assistants. This is the India in the dawn - whom economic growth has touched just enough to raise aspirations without providing avenues to fulfill those aspirations. "I believe the single most important factor here will be education," says Iyer...
...last, someone is smart enough to address publicly the nastiness of the McCain campaign. Klein has spelled it out exactly as it is. I can't help wondering if McCain's age and melanoma history have caught up with him. One day, he is cordial and soft-spoken; another day, he is harsh and condemning. If he is elected, we will not have four more years of the Bush Doctrine but four more years of Bush, Cheney, Karl Rove and Donald Rumsfeld rolled into one. God help us. Mary Helen Haskell , BLOOMINGTON...
...lexicographers behind Britain's Collins English Dictionary have decided to exuviate (shed) rarely used and archaic words as part of an abstergent (cleansing) process to make room for up to 2,000 new entries. "We want the dictionary to be a reflection of English as it is currently spoken," says Ian Brookes, managing editor of Collins, "rather than a fossilized version of the language...