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...Democrats have produced impressive energy-independence plans, with Clinton's the most sophisticated, but none of them have extrapolated, none of them have made this the central theme of their campaign, the national purpose that provides the spine for their economic and national-security plans. Clinton, to her credit, threw $5 billion for weatherproofing and retrofitting into her stimulus package, but it was an afterthought. "We weren't being as creative as we might have been," one of her economic advisers told...
...girls in addition to dishwashers, taxidrivers, bellboys and maids. So desirable was the endorsement that when Clinton lost it, a group of her allies immediately went to court to ask that the special caucuses be deemed illegal because they give an unfair advantage to unionized workers. A judge Thursday threw out the suit, and the caucuses will proceed as planned...
...Last Monday, four militants, at least one of whom wore a police uniform, charged the Serena security gate. One detonated his explosive-packed vest at the entrance, and another threw a grenade into the baggage-screening room. A third attacker was fired on in the arrivals court, which appears to have detonated his suicide vest, while a gunman rampaged through the marble halls, spraying bullets until he reached his destination, the gym. Eight people died, including a Norwegian journalist, a Filipino spa employee and an American...
...then asked the volunteers to rate the executives on personality traits, and how well they thought the person would lead a company. The study controlled for the CEOs' age, emotional expression and attractiveness (it's well-known that people tend to assign positive traits to the good-looking), and threw out data from participants who recognized any of the executives...
...importance of eating right for an elite athlete, Bowman stocked up on three boxes of doughnuts, which his mother discovered under his bed and promptly brought to the rink. Carroll forced the skater to eat the entire stash - and then put him through a lesson on spins until he threw up. "He loved telling that one," says Mitchell...