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...government has been equally deficient when it comes to bringing energy-efficient automobiles into the mainstream. In his 2003 State of the Union address, Bush praised the concept of hydrogen-powered cars that emit no carbon dioxide. Yet there has been little follow-through on hydrogen or other long-mileage technologies. And the government has done little to help advance existing technologies like hybrids. One sign of Washington's torpor was the decision in December 2007 to raise fuel-economy standards to 35 m.p.g. by 2020. Not too impressive a goal, considering that today's hybrids already exceed 40 m.p.g...
...party for the Palestine Investment Conference, which furnishes the opening scene of Mike's revealing and insightful portrait of Blair in this week's issue. During our interview the next day, Blair, who has been working as the special envoy to the Middle East of the U.S.-Russia-European Union-U.N. "Quartet" of powers, was eloquent in arguing why globalization has made the need for an interfaith dialogue more important than ever. At the same time, for someone who is starting a global interfaith initiative and who is deeply religious, he is curiously reticent in talking about...
Though he originally hoped to be a doctor, Cornell Capa followed his elder brother, famed war photographer Robert, into the family business, taking photographs from South America to the Soviet Union and giving birth to the idea of socially aware "concerned photography." His most enduring contribution came after he laid down his camera. In 1974 he founded the International Center of Photography, a museum chronicling the medium's history--in which Capa played a seminal role...
...address to the opening session of the Majlis, dressing down the International Atomic Energy Agency and praising Hizballah. Despite the tough talk that was welcomed by some of the legislators with shouts of "God is great!" and "Death to America!" Larijani received a congratulatory call from European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana - an old negotiating partner. While Iran's insistence on its right to enrich uranium unites all major factions in the country, Larijani represents a more pragmatic approach to handling the issue, aimed at finding agreement with the West and avoiding confrontation...
...center of the crowd-trim, smiling and looking a lot more relaxed than he did a year ago, when he resigned as Britain's Prime Minister after 10 years at the post-was Tony Blair, the special envoy to the Middle East of the U.S.-Russia-European Union-U.N. "Quartet" of powers...