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...villain of the piece is Spacey, as a Scrooge type, sent from McKinsey-like headquarters, whose job is to impose stricter rules on all benefactors of children. (The Tooth Fairy has been told she can put money under kids' pillow only after the first tooth.) Conversion is the fate of every marplot in a movie like this. So Spacey, who played Lex Luthor in last year's Superman Returns, gets a Superman cape for Christmas. In-jokes and cross-marketing (the same company, Warner Bros., released both Fred Claus and Superman Returns) are about as sophisticated as this movie gets...
...Washington - it starts in Sacramento. California has been at the forefront of anti-pollution legislation since the days of the Clean Air Act, which was passed in part because auto-induced smog was rendering southern California unlivable. The Clean Air Act actually allows California to set its own, stricter vehicle emissions standards - rather than deferring to Washington - and then allows other states to choose to follow Sacramento's lead. Following in that tradition, in 2005 California passed a law that would tighten greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, starting with 2009 models, eventually leading to a 30% reduction in overall global...
...that lenders are altruistic to some extent—or at least that universities would assume responsibility as an impartial judge of lenders. However, the recent scandals prove that regulators still have reason to doubt private interests. If such unsavory business practices persist, students will only find refuge behind stricter federal regulations aligned with Cuomo’s “code of conduct.” Though federal regulation is crucial for correcting this market distortion, truly impartial university financial advice would ensure fair lending practices. Bribes, or to put it euphemistically, incentives, require two actors: the giver...
...really no surprise, since environmental regulations do little to prevent the dumping of waste into water bodies by factories and farms, including everything from petroleum to ammonia nitrogen to mercury. Since China has only one-fifth the water supply per capita as the U.S., conservation and stricter regulation is essential in order to preserve a sustainable water supply...
...Pilbeam, however, was not impressed by the changes. Citing a national increase in binge drinking among college students and the stricter position courts now take toward even the tacit condoning of illegal behavior, Pilbeam argues that administrators, deans, House masters, and party hosts “have to be able to demonstrate if something goes appallingly wrong, we all have taken reasonable steps. I had absolutely no choice...