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...While I applaud gm for going hybrid, i question the wisdom of debuting the technology in an SUV. Twenty miles per gallon (12 liters/100 km) is nothing to brag about, regardless of vehicle size. I get 32 m.p.g. driving a Chevy Malibu in rural Vermont. By putting hybrid power in an SUV, GM shows it still doesn't quite get the idea. George Simpson, Pittsfield, Vermont...
...lack of hard metrics for measuring these things makes it awfully easy for companies to gin up their equations and then brag about their green cred. But even the most cynical p.r. departments know that that's hardly a long-term solution. Climate change is already having a serious financial impact on business. Julie Gorte, a vice president for the mutual fund Pax World, points out that nearly half of the top-100 companies in the S&P 500 reported that their earnings had been affected by Hurricane Katrina--the kind of superstorm scientists believe will become more common...
...best of those opportunities came in the fourth quarter, with Harvard clinging to a 21-17 lead and Brown having driven into Crimson territory. On a third-and-long form the Harvard 26-yard line, captain Brag Bagdis’ pressure on Bears quarterback Michael Dougherty forced an ill-advised throw that was intercepted by senior cornerback Steven Williams...
...tied for 64th with a performance of 15 over par. The McLaughlin took place on the Bethpage State Park Red Course, which plays a length of 6,695 yards. Still, the Red is overshadowed by its more famous neighbor, Bethpage Black, so difficult that most amateurs have reason to brag simply for breaking 100. In contrast to the Black, the Red course has relatively flat greens, which run fast enough to give players the challenge of stopping the ball close to the hole. “The nice thing is that you can make a lot of birdies out there...
There is no place on my résumé where I will be able to write that I have been struck speechless by an interesting bend in New Hampshire State Route 109. There is no job interview where I will be able to brag about how I can tell whether a two-cycle engine is running too rich or too lean by the sound of it. And society gained no great benefit from the cement flagpole foundation that I set into some ledge. But I reckon that each of these things is good for the mitigation of at least...