Word: takings
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These concerns, however, take a backseat to those over lightbulbs' environmental impact. Replacing a single incandescent bulb with a CFL in every U.S. household would be the environmental equivalent of taking 7.5 million cars off the road, according to the U.S Department of Energy. The U.S. plans to follow Europe's lead and outlaw incandescents in 2012. Still, at least one light will stay on: the Centennial Light in Livermore, Calif., has been shining continuously in the same firehouse since 1901, making it the longest-burning bulb on the planet...
...situation to the most famous insider-trading case in recent memory (though Martha Stewart ultimately went to prison for obstruction of justice and making false statements, not insider trading), many of the other instances could be more open to interpretation. This is a big case, and it will take a long time to untangle it in court...
...managers of the Harvard Endowment...shared—indeed, led the way—in many of the practices that have brought us all to this pass,” the alumni letter said. “We think Harvard University can now take the lead in finding a way out, if it chooses...
...coming will make our department an even better place to forge ties with linguistics, which is something that Bernhard Nickel has already done,” Hall said. “If you reach a critical number of people specializing in an area, prospective graduate students start to take notice...
They criticized College officials for announcing the cuts during the May reading period and for notifying students of town hall meetings to discuss the cuts only minutes before they were scheduled to take place...