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Well, Congress can say. For example, Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman inserted language into the House version that limited energy grants to states that give their utilities incentives to promote energy efficiency. And Congress could make sure the money is spent productively by attaching a few general strings to the stimulus dollars. For instance, there should be "fix it first" provisions to prioritize repairs to highways, levees and other infrastructure over new construction, which would create more jobs while reducing future federal obligations. We do need to rescue states to prevent them from raising taxes and firing workers, but just...
...simple bean of the Venezuelan criollo--source of what many connoisseurs consider chocolate's gold standard--had been on the verge of extinction. But here on the Monterosa plantation near the town of Choroní, a small group of entrepreneurs and laborers has dedicated itself to making sure the bean flourishes once more. Monterosa's owner, Kai Rosenberg, has devoted the past 20 years to resurrecting the criollo strain and its gene base. "After I survived a rampant cancer, I decided I was going to do what I really loved," he says. "I used to be in insurance. Can you imagine...
...brought “Strawberry Jam” to life. The result is nothing short of a totally fulfilling, happily singular statement in their already impressive decade of work.Like every other one of their creations, “Merriweather Post Pavilion” bucks any easy definition. To be sure, it’s Animal Collective’s most accessible record, but it only invites access on the band’s preconditions—the music never aspires to anything so much as it expects listeners to aspire to the music. Submerged in a seamless ocean of arpeggiated...
...demanded that the expansion of slavery end, driven by both their moral objection to the institution and their desire to cultivate the northern industry in the West, and Lincoln only adopted the cause of immediate emancipation in 1862 due to military necessity. While it is difficult to say for sure that Egnal’s argument for the preeminence of economic factors in the outbreak of war is wholly correct, it is clear that the economic differences between the North and the South determined the political landscape of the period...
...played at the Palestra, which still packs a wallop in the Ivy League. Columbia won both its games last weekend in front of a raucous crowd of its own, and they may struggle in this road contest. Penn 63, Columbia 61CORNELL at PRINCETONOne thing’s for sure about Princeton: this team has a kid who can shoot the leather of a basketball in freshman Doug Davis. The frontrunner for Ivy Rookie of the Year, Davis is averaging 13.7 points per game, and is coming off two strong performances in two big wins for the Tigers.Unfortunately for Princeton, Cornell...