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...miles southwest of Abilene. Once a rowdy frontier cattle town, Abilene now touts itself as the wind energy capital of the world. The lawsuit has brought the city's past and present into conflict. Most of the 18 plaintiffs in the case, according to their Houston attorney Steve Thompson, work in Abilene - among them a doctor, a professor and a gym owner - but have chosen to live the nostalgic "ranch lifestyle" outside the city, and that's where old Texas and new are colliding...
...likely to continue and has attracted major backing from companies like Goldman Sachs and Berkshire Hathaway. Texas produces 2600 megawatts of wind power, and the state has mandated that it double by 2009, and double again by 2015. But as the projects spread, opponents are planning more lawsuits, Thompson said. "If we get a judgment in Abilene, we will get everybody's attention...
...women’s foils collectively made their presence felt, junior saber fencer Alexa Weingarden performed brilliantly, losing only one match all day in a bout against the Nittany Lions—to U.S. Senior National Team member Caitlin Thompson, ranked No. 4 in the world in saber...
Twenty years after then President Derek Bok hired him as the first director of the University’s Center for Ethics, Dennis Thompson is resigning from the post, partly so that now interim president Bok can name his replacement. Thompson, also the Whitehead professor of political philosophy, will step down at the end of the academic year. Bok will personally oversee the search for a replacement. “Part of the reason [for stepping down] is that this year the Center is celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and I thought it would be an appropriate time to step down...
...journalists, Gerberding quickly became the public face of the CDC--a rare cool head among a parade of increasingly confused health bureaucrats. The fumbling she witnessed behind the scenes convinced her that the CDC's troubles extended beyond the need for better communications. She made her case to Tommy Thompson, then Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and within a year was appointed director of the agency--the first woman to hold that job--with a mandate to radically reshape...