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...Texas, however, finished a smooth transition to deregulation under Bush the governor and remains a self-sustaining energy powerhouse, running a consistent power surplus in these times of supposed scarcity. And look what sprouted up in the land of oil fields: On April 3, Green Mountain began offering customers "100 percent clean wind power" from a windmill farm in the Texas hills...
...attacked Pearl Harbor? Luckily, history knows similar dynamics but no determinism. Look how Washington and Beijing resolved the Hainan incident. Both knew that matters must not get out of hand, that neither player could be forced to slink away in humiliation. Add two numbers: China's $80 billion trade surplus with the U.S. and 54,000 Chinese students in America. Nobody else in the world will grant China such lavish access to wealth and knowledge, and Beijing knows...
...profit institution, Harvard has no obligation to return a surplus to its shareholders. Further, as an institution whose commitment has long extended beyond pure academics to include the betterment of its communities, at home and abroad, Harvard should provide a decent standard of living to its workers. The University’s current wage structure allows individuals to live in poverty despite long hours providing students and professors with essential services, and the expansion of benefits announced last May is no substitute for a living wage. We agree with the city of Cambridge and PSLM that a $10.25 an hour...
...course, nothing is that simple. Last year Beijing enjoyed a trade surplus of $83 billion with the U.S., its top export market, and U.S. businesses invested about $4 billion in China. These investors have become Beijing's most useful lobbyists in Washington. They thwarted Clinton's initial plan to link China's trade status with human rights and helped win Washington's support for China's entry into the World Trade Organization. China needs that relationship because, to some extent, the leadership's power rests on rising living standards that depend on growing trade...
FOILED MAY 19, 1999 Anaheim, Calif. When police searched the homes of two eighth-graders at South Junior High, they found two bombs, bombmaking materials, a military-surplus rifle, a Ruger Blackhawk .45-cal. handgun, 1,500 rounds of ammunition and Nazi paraphernalia. They were tipped off by a student who heard that the boys, whose names were not released, were threatening to blow up the school...