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...citizens to participate and pressure politicians to act.In the spring, McKibben spearheaded 1,400 simultaneous demonstrations across the country advocating that the new White House commit to an 80 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050—a promise that President-Elect Barack Obama reaffirmed on Tuesday that he will uphold.McKibben’s newest initiative stems from research by NASA’s top climate scientist, James E. Hansen, that carbon dioxide levels should be limited to 350 parts per million (ppm) in order to ensure a climate agreeable to civilization. That calls for a sizable...
...knows that truth better than Achebe. The Nigerian author, who currently teaches at Bard College, established himself as Nigeria’s literary ambassador to the Western world with his first novel, “Things Fall Apart,” published in 1959. This past Tuesday, Chinua Achebe came to Harvard to celebrate his novel’s fiftieth anniversary.The novel was one of the first major works to bring Western readers the experience of an African man under colonial rule from an African perspective. It tells the story of the unsympathetic protagonist, Okonkwo, a volatile patriarch who attempts...
...quintessential old New York boîte, try Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue; 212-744-1600). The murals on the walls were drawn by Ludwig Bemelmans, the illustrator of the Madeline children's books, and a pianist tickles the ivories here Tuesday through Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Another good choice is the Bull and Bear at The Waldorf-Astoria (570 Lexington Avenue, at 49th Street; 212-872-4900), where congenial, dapper bartenders will serve up a nice glass of Woodford Reserve...
...Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson thinks he got hammered on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning for not doing enough to stem the tide of foreclosures, he's lucky he wasn't at the public library in Miami Gardens, Fla., Tuesday night. More than 200 homeowners facing foreclosure were hooking up with their lenders to hash out mortgage modifications, and they had some choice words for what they view as Washington's lack of help. "Paulson and the rest of them don't give a damn about what's happening to us," said Angela Butler, 49, a school custodian who, after going...
Either way, it was obvious at Tuesday night's clinic how desperately these communities need massive mortgage aid right now - and how big a challenge providing it can be. A large group of residents from a newer, more upscale Miami Gardens housing development called Coconut Cay showed up for loan relief. During the overpriced-housing boom of this decade, some of the houses went for more than $500,000 - but now a number of buyers are wrestling with more mortgage costs than their battered finances can handle. It's a reminder that rash borrowers are often as responsible...