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...presidential statements earlier this year, Bush accepted the proposition that the time to act is now. But the Commerce and Interior departments have waged constant guerrilla warfare against any effort to make good on the President's prior commitments. Meanwhile, the President's chief of staff John Sununu has taken to questioning aspects of the greenhouse theory. There is room for debate over the exact magnitude of climate change that will result from CO2 emissions, but no respectable scientist denies that if humanity keeps pouring gases into the atmosphere, the earth will heat up. The U.S. has spent several trillion...
...people who want to know what percentage of Americans rolls the toilet paper over the spool (68%) or what portion actually eats the fortune cookie (79%). Habits sold out immediately and is sprinting through its second printing toward a third. "It's a silly, funny, not-to-be-taken- seriousl y book," says Sinrod, a funny, not-to-be-taken-seriously fellow. He and Poretz mailed out questionnaires to a cross section of 25,000 Americans, of whom 7,000 took the trouble to answer. The survey asked respondents about eating, sleeping, dressing and mating habits, as well as skills...
...state legislature into special session in another week or so to decide how much more relief is needed and how to pay for it. It is hard to see how any significant amount could be made available without a hike in either sales or gasoline taxes. Deukmejian, who has taken a Bush-like antitax position, said last week that such a boost "would be a last resort...
Meanwhile, Harvard police Chief Paul E. Johnson said that "no reportable action" was taken on the case yesterday...
...have a lot of work to do," women's cross country team member Theresa Derderian says. "If the choice is between going to practice and doing a problem set, most every student would choose the latter. Sports here are meant to be a fun learning experience and are not taken more seriously than school work...