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...been arguing for years that carbon dioxide was not a pollutant, and they were bound to oppose any effort to regulate it, as was much of the utility industry. However, a mandatory cap on carbon dioxide emissions was listed as one of the Bush campaign's promises in the thick notebook titled "Transition 2001," the official compendium of the President's campaign promises, which I was given when I was nominated for the EPA position...
...fire late Friday night sent thick black smoke into the air and caused extensive damage to the Biological Research Infrastructure (BRI), an underground laboratory facility that is currently under construction...
...medicated Thad ratchet from party to party, from mansion to beach house to resort, propping one another up. They're identically damaged souls, orbiting one another faster and faster, out of control, lost in space. There's plenty of sharp, funny show-biz business here. The celebrity cameos come thick and fast (Sharon Stone! Rob Reiner!), and Thad's guest spot on Starwatch is hilariously embarrassing--he has to wear alien makeup and say things like "I believe ... we are being appropriated by the Vorbalidian System." But Wagner boldly goes beyond satire in The Chrysanthemum Palace. He finds surprising depths...
...news is piling up so thick and fast, in fact, that some Kremlin insiders speak of high anxiety among presidential staff, and of a President who seems increasingly isolated. Some analysts say Putin, who has worked so hard to project an image of authority and control, has lost his touch. Some even argue that his hold on power - which seems all but unassailable, given his 71% re-election win last year and his all-but-complete control of the Duma, the media and the regional governors - is beginning to slip...
...issue of needing armor for their vehicles, especially humvees. While waiting for official testing and deployment of armor approved by the Department of Defense, we immediately took measures to protect our soldiers. As contingency contracting officers, we sought, obtained, tested and procured from a couple of Iraqi vendors 1/4-in.-thick steel armor that stopped ballistics, including AK-47 rounds and shrapnel. Many officers and soldiers have said the local Iraqi armor saved their lives. Scott A. Meehan Major, U.S. Army Orlando, Florida...