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...Edwards decided not to take that swing. He didn't attack Clinton or the bill. Why not? Because the politics of climate change are moving so fast and in such a pragmatic direction that he didn't want to get caught out. His campaign had been hearing from key environmental groups, says an Edwards adviser, "and the consensus was that they don't want to trash this bill. They want to strengthen it, not kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change of Climate | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...plants. His family also uses a clothesline. But on July 9, Otto Hagen, president of Reck's HOA in Wake Forest, N.C., notified him that a neighbor had complained about his line. The Recks ignored the warning and still dry their clothes on a rope that extends from their swing set to a pole across the yard. "Many people claim to be environmentally friendly but don't take matters into their own hands," says Reck, 37. HOA's Hagen has decided to hold off taking action. "I'm not going to go crazy," he says. "But if Matt keeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting for the Right to Dry | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...many personally gratifying ways as the country's second longest-serving Prime Minister, Howard may depart politics in circumstances that would surely leave him hollow - paired with the long-forgotten Stanley Bruce as the only Australian P.M. to lose his seat at a general election. A 4% swing may be all that is needed to tip Howard's opponent in Bennelong to victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australian PM's Election Woes | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...come up with the show’s snarky sketches and scenarios he brings to life. In an interview with The Crimson following the event, Baldwin offered Harvard students a pearl of wisdom. “You have the world by the balls, and I want you to swing it over your head,” he said...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baldwin Draws Crowd To Kirkland Speech | 11/19/2007 | See Source »

...This was an unhappy event. It survived, but with a fat, thumb-shaped dead zone on the screen, a reminder of my negligence every time I can't read the end of an e-mail. It's like that tiny scar on your little girl's cheek where the swing hit her because you turned away for a second. There must be some natural law, that the smaller something is, the more emotional space it takes up, the more time and energy it absorbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love Thy Blackberry, Love Thy Kids | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

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