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That's particularly true in California, a state in almost perpetual crisis - it's "effectively bankrupt," as Whitman likes to put it - with a budget deficit befitting Argentina and crises with water, highways, prisons, schools, immigration and unemployment. The legislature and the governor are openly hostile to each other, and the electorate is disgusted with both of them. (Their approval ratings are 18% and 28%, respectively.) This state of affairs is alternately described as the end of civilization or America's bright future, depending on whom you ask. Driving around the state, you'd never know that California...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is California Sold on Governor Meg Whitman? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Read "California's Plan to Keep the Water Running...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is California Sold on Governor Meg Whitman? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

Matthew Jacob, a senior leisure analyst at Majestic Research, is more cautious. "They're trying to overcome people's reluctance by making staterooms bigger and showing that they have more amenities than shuffleboard, with the onboard water parks," says Jacob. "But when it comes down to it, you're still on a ship. And that's not for everybody. And it never will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the World's Largest Cruise Ship Sink or Swim? | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...many speculate that this is an unattainable goal, no one can argue that we need to take better care of our planet. Go “green” this year and give presents that give back to the environment. Help cut down on fuel consumption by forgoing plastic water bottles—it takes 1.5 billion barrels of oil per year to meet America’s demands for plastic water bottles and 20 years for them to decompose in a landfill. A stainless-steel water-bottle would be a great alternative to bottle up the beverages. Kleen Kanteen...

Author: By Meredith C. Baker | Title: Make Like a Democrat | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...easy to keep track of all the villages, of the development or the lack of it," says Jaiveer Godara, the leading voice of the movement. "The person who lives in the last village of Maru Pradesh has to wait for three days to get supply of water from outside ... [And] there are no roads that lead to his village." (See a story about the 1937 silver jubilee of the ruler of Hyderabad, reputedly the world's richest man, from TIME's archives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Rule India: Break It Into More Pieces? | 12/13/2009 | See Source »

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