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...probably 8.5 percent if you count the undervotes [ballots with no candidate selected], because I count the undervotes as a perfectly valid choice,” Carlberg said...
This mystical view of the value of a species, which Wilson calls “biophilia,” may be valid. But people also like big houses, televisions and SUVs. The profit that comes from the clear-cutting a tropical rainforest usually trumps any biophilia felt by the citizens of developing nations. Wilson refers to the human “occupation” of the earth in much the same tones as one would refer to the Chinese occupation of Tibet. But the occupation is here to stay, and the question is how we treat those plants and animals...
...were detained, and a 20-mile stretch of Florida highway was closed as their cars were searched. After 17 hours police released the men, who turned out to be medical students traveling to a course in Miami. Two of them are U.S. citizens, and the other holds a valid visa. The students later denied the woman's account of their conversation, but police say the men could face charges if they were perpetrating a hoax...
...recent days, the President and some of his top aides also appear to have been making the case to the American public that going to war is the only valid response to a mounting and mortal danger. Bush has poured scorn on the idea of Saddam ever coming into compliance with UN resolutions, insisted that Congress declare its support for a war and warned the United Nations that it faces a choice between authorizing military action against Iraq, and geopolitical oblivion. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld on Wednesday told Congress that "no terrorist state poses a greater and more immediate threat...
...interesting laboratory for what we're doing as architects," he says of his firm. "We love to do buildings that are permanent as much as the next person, but I think that permanence can be stifling. Creating something that is genuinely delightful and engaging and temporary is as valid a pursuit." If his interiors are merely sets, he insists, they're three-dimensional, well-planned ones...