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...Cold War should be an urgent priority, and that it is no longer acceptable to live in a world with thousands of thermonuclear weapons primed and ready to launch. As Andreasen says, "The key to deep cuts is not deep control treaties; rather, it is to deepen and widen the consensus that our security will be enhanced by further reducing the role of nuclear weapons in security policies. The new START agreement is one step in that process - but many more, and more urgent, steps are needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S.-Russia Nuke Treaty: Small Step on a Long Road | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...whipped them into line in November 2009. A month later - just days before it was set to take effect - France's Constitutional Council struck the law down because it unlawfully applied measures to consumers while exempting French companies, by far the biggest carbon emitters. Sarkozy pledged to widen the measure to include businesses. But that only mobilized France's employers' lobby. With the voters finally having had their say, Sarkozy has decided to shelve the measure he once said would "save the human race." (See pictures of Paris expanding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Sarkozy Dropped His Beloved Carbon Tax | 3/25/2010 | See Source »

Before the close of the half, Harvard was able to widen the gap even further thanks to a pair of freshmen...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Long Ball Boosts Crimson To Victory | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

Despite a scoreless opening period, Caputo took off in the second. The senior started on bottom, but managed a reversal and showed his strength in the top position. After holding Bosak scoreless in the second, Caputo notched a takedown early in the final frame to widen his lead. With his 17th win of the season, the co-captain pushed his unbeaten streak to 12 matches...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield | Title: Co-Captains Shine in Lopsided Losses | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...speech after speech many of the wedge issues that so preoccupied the most recent GOP majority - Terry Schiavo, abortion, stem cells, gays, family values, religion in government - sublimated to the GOP's laser-like focus on the economy and to see the CPAC's attempts, as with GOProud, to widen their tent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Tent at the Conservatives' Convention | 2/20/2010 | See Source »

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