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...agriculture. A recent study in Science warned that by the end of the century, the average temperatures during growing seasons could be higher than the most extreme heat of today. To keep growing food, we'll need to make use of crop varieties that are better equipped to withstand heat and potentially droughts; breeders sifting through Svalbard's unparalleled collection of seeds today may discover tomorrow's crops. "This isn't just a time capsule," says Fowler. "This is a living institution, built to address individual catastrophes, not just global ones...
This week, President Barack Obama called for the 19 largest banks in the country to undergo “stress tests” to determine whether they are adequately capitalized to withstand a significant economic downturn. Critics have claimed that the government’s worst-case economic condition forecasts are too weak, making the tests inadequate. Still, the tests should provide valuable information on the health of our banking system, and the administration was wise to order them. Should the results eventually show that any major bank is undercapitalized, the government should not hesitate in taking it into receivership...
...balked at paying for the upgraded seats. The FAA produced evidence that sturdier seats could have prevented 45 fatalities between 1984 and 1998. A deal was reached. In 2005, the FAA mandated that all U.S. aircraft built after October 2009 meet the "16g rule" - seats must be built to withstand crash forces equivalent to 16 times the force of gravity (older seats were 9g compliant). Ironically, the long negotiation period and concerns among the airlines that the FAA would make requirements retroactive means that almost all major airlines in operation today already have 16g-compatible seats. (See pictures...
...nightmare. Just pay me back what I put into the system over the years. Any more than that is simply welfare, and I should receive it only when I desperately need it. Of course, to make such a radical change, Congress would have to show some backbone to withstand the weight of a million AARP members descending on them. Are we really ready for President Obama's "new age" of "hard choices"? Chuck Irwin, WILLIAMSBURG...
...Perhaps more threatening than the rockets themselves was the doubt they cast over Israel's vaunted power of deterrence, which is key to keeping its hostile neighbors at bay. That power was badly eroded in 2006, when Hizballah was able to withstand the Israeli onslaught, force a cease-fire and claim victory in the process. That surely emboldened Hamas, which intermittently sent rockets into southern Israel and finally prompted Israel to respond in force. As respected Israeli columnist Nahum Barnea wrote in the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth, "A country that is afraid to deal with Hamas won't be able...