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...Others saw in the devastation a blank slate on which Greensburg could build back better, by building back greener - energy-efficient homes and offices, powered by Kansas's abundant wind and biofuel resources. The heartland community could become a mecca for environmentalists, including green businesses that would bring jobs. "This is an amazing opportunity," says Daniel Wallach, an entrepreneur from a nearby town who formed the non-profit Greensburg GreenTown. "It could be a living laboratory to demonstrate to the rest of the country and the world what a town of the future could look like...
...Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Design (LEED) standards - something no town in the America has ever tried. Ron Shank's car dealership, which had been close to closing, will be rebuilt as a model green facility for GM, and Google is even thinking of opening a wind-powered data center nearby. "I think it's going to be a permanent draw," says John Janssen, the town's current mayor. "We're going to be one of the greenest towns in the world. Except, maybe somewhere in Europe...
...formidable edge with many of those party leaders and elected officials, including those who by virtue of their positions go to the party convention as "superdelegates." But superdelegates are notoriously fickle. As a big Democratic fund raiser puts it, "They are the Claude Rains of politics; whichever way the wind blows, the superdelegates will follow." And right now, the Clinton campaign is spending enormous effort holding onto the ones they have, with both Clintons staying in constant contact with delegates feared to be wavering...
...each labeled with “HARVARD” across its front, in search of a size small. At colleges across the country, hordes of students advertise their school pride on a daily basis: Cal sweatpants litter the Berkeley campus, Chicago beanies protect a multitude of ears against infamous wind-chill, and “Uptown Girl: Barnard College” tees saunter down many a Manhattan avenue. But in Harvard’s case, such sartorial displays of school spirit are less widespread, and seem so much more complicated. An article in The Crimson once stated that people...
...Theron’s visit in two weeks, Harvard Yard will be festooned with balloons, and a parade in her honor will wind through Harvard Square before the roast in the afternoon. Walken’s roast a week later will be a black-tie affair...