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...21st century what high tech was to the last, then this is no time to scale back. With investors rightly spooked, however, governments on both sides of the Atlantic need to show more leadership. "Seen in the right way, people can learn important lessons from [the crisis]," says Nicholas Stern, the British economist whose 2006 report laid out the financial merits of tackling climate change. "Low carbon growth will be a very important engine of growth over the next 20 years...
...situation, Republicans have done an outstanding job sounding the alarm at the prospect of full Democratic control of Congress and the White House, while also remaining upbeat in public about their own chances on Election Day. But the Democrats have ably balanced a display of growing confidence with a stern warning to supporters about the dangers of complacency...
Joel Tenenbaum was doing what many teenagers in America do regularly: download music from a file-sharing program. For most kids, the punishment for this technically illegal act ends with a stern motherly talking-to. But for Tenenbaum, it was the beginning of a saga that landed the Boston University undergraduate in court...
...commissioner David Stern hired Johnson, who retired this spring as the second-highest-ranking engineer in the Army, for his management experience, not his ability to distinguish a charge from a blocking foul. "I've got some work to do to establish some credibility," Johnson, 54, admits. "But let me say something: credibility in this position has nothing to do with my ability to be an expert referee. I believe that in my heart." Johnson insists that he's used to learning on the fly. "Throughout my Army career, I've been promoted and moved around a lot, and never...
...proof that the very notion of self-identity is a sham. The only thing missing from this ambitious interpretation of Mac Wellman’s play “The Hyacinth Macaw”—is subtitles. Yes, they would have been much appreciated.Director Marcus Stern, an Associate Director at the American Repertory Theatre, oversaw the play’s original 1994 production at Primary Stages in New York City. His new production is the result of a collaboration with the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club’s 2008 Visiting Directors Project. The play is at once...