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...well; the cost of oil exceeded $150 a barrel at one point this year. The economic slowdown has shrunk those prices just as quickly, with oil now dipping below $95 a barrel. That makes renewable energy projects like wind and solar, which have to compete with fossil fuels on straight cost until a carbon price is passed, less attractive. Michael Liebreich, the chairman of the research group New Energy Finance, argued in a recent briefing that the financial crisis might make governments less willing to extend preferential subsidies and incentives for clean power, as a sinking economy makes high energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Environment Lose Out to the Economy? | 10/7/2008 | See Source »

...languid campaign performance turned off voters in state after state. DuHaime called certain New England states "momentum-proof," while saying he felt "very good" about other states, like Florida, that Giuliani would eventually lose. At some point, reporters covering the race could no longer handle it all with a straight face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can McCain Map Out a Comeback Strategy? | 10/6/2008 | See Source »

...little more mobile, it takes a little of the pressure off the offensive line and the running backs. But most importantly it was basically I was running through holes today. I’m not the most mobile guy, so I tried to keep it straight and narrow.” The well-rounded victory couldn’t have been achieved without the defense—which had been stepping up the whole game—taking things up a notch in the third and fourth quarters as the offense became relatively stagnate. The defense shined as it finally...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Balanced Attack Key in Victory | 10/5/2008 | See Source »

...managed to save the match, winning five straight points to close out her opponent...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Unable To Make All-American Waves | 10/5/2008 | See Source »

...grin. “W?” he scribbled. “W?”She seized the chalk from him with one hand and gripped his bicep with the other. “T...M...N,” she traced, with an unsteady hand.He looked straight into her eyes. “What about Frederick?” he asked.“F...F,” she wrote, with such force that the chalk snapped in two.Just then, Frederick wandered into the room, humming and sighing arias and laments to himself...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 8 | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

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