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Lately, however, a handful of utilities has begun to try a new role: as protectors, not despoilers, of the earth's resources. Last week the environmental spotlight was on California, where two big Los Angeles power companies -- Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power -- unveiled plans to cut their emissions of CO2 20% during the next 20 years, largely through conservation programs and the use of solar and geothermal technologies. It was the first time any U.S. utility had promised to reduce its output of CO2 to help curb global warming. Southern California Edison chairman...
...clearly irritating to Bush, who at week's end suffered a heartbeat irregularity that is often associated with stress. Stricken with shortness of breath while jogging at Camp David, the President was rushed to Bethesda Naval Hospital, where initial tests showed no serious heart damage. The incident took the spotlight off the high-flying chief of staff -- but only momentarily...
...recent years, however, both schools have emerged into lacrosse's national spotlight, and the annual matchup has truly become The Game. Last year's matchup was the culmination of the Crimson's and Eli's lacrosse prowess...
...clear to us and the other members of the Harvard student body that the more popular, revenue-producing sports will continue to hold The Crimson's spotlight. Hockey, basketball, baseball, tennis and lacrosse have all been established as prominent sports much longer than ourselves, and we do not begrudge them the attention they receive and deserve...
...incandescently in command of the stage; he still gets the sardonic laughs owed to his Dickensian lampoon of a conniver, yet has transmuted him into a full-blown tragic figure, a victim of global politics all the sadder for being so streetwise. They are joined in the spotlight by Willy Falk in the role of Kim's G.I. lover, Chris, a part that was a cipher in London. Falk finds charm, erotic fervor and moral confusion in a man who serves as a metaphor for the U.S.'s blundering good intentions at playing global policeman. Salonga used to have...