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...League), is the underachieving son of a fierce Viking warlord, Stoick (300's very own Gerard Butler), whose tribe has been battling dragons for centuries. When Hiccup wounds an elusive creature called the Night Fury, no one believes him. Soon he tames, trains and learns to ride the beast, thus schooling his clan in the proto-eco message that the wilder forces of nature should not be fought but instead cultivated. (See TIME's photo-essay "Animated Movies: Not Just for Kids...
...effect of increased caution in the fundraising environment, and that would be true of our peers as well,” said Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Tamara E. Rogers ’74. “But while it has been a more challenging year thus far than last year, alumni continue to be tremendously loyal...
...course, grappling with something as vastly complex as climate science involves plenty of uncertainties: What threshold represents a tipping point, after which changes accelerate? What are the chances of some unforeseen catastrophic event? What measures might come into play that limit CO2 emissions and thus mitigate climate change? And how do you precisely gauge the economic impact - particularly when dealing with the future...
...something that the party fund seemed to do. Yet one of the chief assets of the party fund was that it eliminated many socioeconomic barriers to holding good parties on campus. The SIP fund correctly understands this need, but tackles it in a more administratively palatable, and thus more sustainable...
...signatory to the NPT, which gives it the right to enrich uranium for energy purposes. But because Iran violated NPT transparency requirements, the Security Council has punished it with a series of limited sanctions. Efforts to ratchet up the U.N. sanctions, first imposed in December 2006, have thus far come to nothing...