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...headline growth numbers are just the start. It is the sheer ambition of India's government that takes the breath away. At the World Economic Forum meeting, Kamal Nath, the Road Transport and Highways Minister, outlined a 12,500-mile (20,000 km) highway-construction program that will require India to build 121/2 miles (20 km) of new roads a day - and that is only a part of a gobsmacking infrastructure program that will include more power generation, more air- and seaports, more irrigation projects. Singh stressed the importance of nationwide improvement in education and health, which will also involve...
...start of the film, we're told, "More of this is true than you would believe." The story may be all-true, yet as scripted by Peter Straughan and directed by Grant Heslov (co-screenwriter on the Clooney-directed Good Night, and Good Luck), it's hard to believe. The movie strains to find a coherent comic tone; it smashes into the wall of plausibility it's trying to run through. (See pictures of George Clooney at play...
...twin boys.) The baby books he devoured contained a fact that caught his attention: pregnant women and infants should avoid dry cleaning because of the toxic chemicals used in the process. When he had trouble finding a greener cleaner in New York City, Kistner had an epiphany - he'd start his own. The result is Green Apple Cleaners, which uses a variety of environmentally friendly methods to dry-clean suits, shirts and dresses. "I knew there had to be a better way," says Kistner. "When I couldn't find it, we made it ourselves." (See pictures of NYC going green...
...think it was perhaps not the most ideal time to start it just because of Harvard-Yale," he said. "I have no question it will pick...
...have yet to commit to voting with Reid on the motion to proceed, the majority leader is "reasonably confident" that they will be with him when the time comes, says spokesman Jim Manley. "The whole goal right now is simply to get on the bill, and then we'll start some old-fashioned legislating." More questionable is whether Reid can muster 60 votes several weeks from now, when he presses to end debate and move to final passage...