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...IPCC predicts a rise in sea levels of 18-59 cm. But the assessment doesn't account for the possibility of accelerated glacial melting posited in a recent Science study, which estimated that seas could rise as much as 1.4 m by the end of the century-enough to swamp low-lying coastal cities...
...seconds an American turns 50, and the oldest baby boomers will reach 65 in four years. That generation accounts for 78 million Americans. They consume 40% of the federal budget through such programs as Social Security and Medicare. And policy experts fear that the coming wave of seniors could swamp those programs--leaving a gift of higher taxes and reduced benefits for their kids. "The crisis is coming--we know that," says Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP...
...undergraduates, grad students, and professors ranging from Crimson columnist Lucy M. Caldwell ’09 to special guest Jeremy P. Varon, a friend of John’s and a professor of history at Drew University. McMillian begins the conversation. “We need to drain the swamp that breeds this radical ideology,” he says, referring to the groups of radical terrorists Islamists. “But how do you drain the swamp?” asks Thomas H. Baranga, an economics teaching fellow and tutor in Quincy. And of course, the conversation lasts...
...Economics Caroline M. Hoxby ’88 said that while her department was “glad to teach any student who wants to learn economics,” she and her colleagues were worried that a quick increase in the number of students taking economics could swamp the department’s resources...
...Plum, writes Yan, "roams the supermarket, admiring stacks of dish detergents, napkins and bath towels as if they were flower beds or pavilions in a park." Dan's yearning for the good life - and his delight with the gustatory perks of his new calling - initially blind him to the swamp of favors and payoffs he has entered. But, in a twist out of the Socialist Realism handbook, he finds himself becoming a real journalist. After he notices that his fellow diners have filed inaccurate, self-censored stories about an event he attends, Dan writes his own account. Soon ordinary people...