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...target of a vicious ad that accused her of accepting funds from "godless Americans," Hagan surged in the closing days, defeating Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole to take a seat long held by Jesse Helms. Dole's real sin was voting with Bush nearly 90% of the time...
...turnaround surprised few, since the Scottish government has been eager to attract investment as proof that Scotland can "go it alone" without tax subsidies from London. Aberdeenshire, with its decimated fishing fleet and dwindling offshore oil fields, has been a specific target for outside investment. Trump has promised to create 6000 jobs there, but that hardly mollified Scotland's conservation bodies. On Monday, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, one of the most vocal defenders of the dunes, accused the Scottish government of selling a "greener Scotland down the river" for Trump's money - loaded words...
...half a million votes in 2000, won by 3 million the next time around. He also took virtually every state Moore campaigned in. So the only suspense in the movie is how Moore will somehow claim victory. He does it at the end by noting that young people, his target audience, voted in record numbers and that they were the only age group to go for Kerry. That's impressive, Pyrrhically, except that Moore's stated purpose in making Fahrenheit 9/11 was to end the Bush regime. Mission not accomplished. Maybe this time...
...excuse to stand down. In March 2007, European Union members pledged to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 - but that was back when the Dow was 25% higher than it is today. Several European nations, including big industrial producers like Germany, are now saying the target is unrealistic, and at an E.U. summit on Oct. 16, some Eastern European countries, which are poorer and more dependent on fossil fuels than their neighbors, called for the Continent to pull back from goals that include cutting energy consumption 20% while increasing the share of energy from renewables...
...translates as "new product for sale." Indeed, Japan is the world's speediest economy when it comes to bringing new products to market, according to a study of 31 nations published in the September/October issue of Marketing Science. (Norway was second, with the U.S. ranking sixth.) Even international brands target the insatiable Japanese market differently. Pepsi, for instance, has introduced Japan-only products such as Pepsi White (a cola and yogurt drink that's supposed to conjure up a white Christmas), Pepsi Max (a zero-calorie soda with a lemony zing) and Pepsi Ice Cucumber (a green-hued, summery concoction...