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...voters incorrectly believe that smog and acid rain are running wild, they will want attention focused on those short-term priorities. If voters understand that all regular forms of air pollution are in decline anyway, they may support shifting the spotlight to greenhouse gases, where the danger is. And voters--as well as environmental pessimists--also need to know this: all air-pollution initiatives to date, such as tailpipe controls on cars, have been cheaper and more effective than predicted. This gives us reason to be optimistic that global-warming controls will be affordable and effective too. By pretending that...
Paul E. Farmer is no stranger to the spotlight, but seeing his life set out in 336 frank pages was more than he had bargained...
...happy having this kind of spotlight turned on me,” he says. “Would...
This women’s studies concentrator from Martinsville, Va., first grabbed the spotlight when she won $250,000 on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” breaking the show’s record for wins netted by a black contestant, and gave a hefty sum away to the 4H Club. She was named one of Glamour Magazine’s Top 10 College Women, which also recognized her co-authorship of a Princeton Review book about the gender gap in SAT scores. Now, as a self-identified feminist, she’s been called...
...like it. Murdoch's lieutenants have a history of vanishing when they become too prominent. In 1994 Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil felt the sting, and in 2001 editor Xana Antunes left the New York Post amid a 10% circulation rise. Ball has certainly developed an appetite for the spotlight. In mid-August he was vocal about supporting a dividend payout, and later in the month, at a television festival in Edinburgh, Ball assailed the bbc for wasting its public funding. It may well be that Ball, whose contract expires in May, wants out for his own reasons. Possible noncompetition...