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...with 48 seconds to go and the score tied at 13.He started off strong, completing his first pass to senior wideout Corey Mazza for 27 yards. Pizzotti, who finished 18-of-28 with 252 passing yards in roughly a quarter and a half of action, looked to be continuing to have his way with the Mountain Hawks (3-1) defense. The Crimson had plenty of time to get into field-goal range before time expired—at worst the game would go to overtime.But on the next play, bad luck struck. With Lehigh blitzing, the offensive line folded...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Suffers Last-Minute Loss at Lehigh | 9/30/2007 | See Source »

...Bush offered mostly empty rhetoric, on Friday afternoon Clinton reeled off pledge after concrete pledge for his climate initiative: $150 million to harness geothermal energy in Africa, $5 million for the Alliance for Climate Protection in the U.S., $210 million for carbon offsetting in the developing world. While UN action on climate change remains stalled by the deadlock between the developed and the developing world, Clinton has proved remarkably successful in fostering real engagement and investment on global warming across national lines. "Clinton just really gets it," says Ted Nordhaus, co-author of the new environmental politics book Break Through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Change: Filling the Bush Gap | 9/29/2007 | See Source »

...success of the Clinton Initiative is emblematic of how people who care about climate change in America have chosen to approach the problem in the near total absence of action from Washington. Lobbying has shifted to the corporate world, where large companies like Wal-Mart have implemented energy efficiency polices far more aggressive than anything coming from the government. High-profile celebrities like Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio have made green cool for consumers. And hardly a day goes by without news of a leap forward on solar, wind or hybrid cars, thanks to private investment - again, in the absence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Change: Filling the Bush Gap | 9/29/2007 | See Source »

...response to one question he explained that the movie received a PG rather than a G rating because it contains two or three images of NASA employees smoking. The Motion Picture Association of America, after receiving threats of legislative action by antismoking groups and state attorneys general, now considers smoking in its rating system...

Author: By Stephen Helfer | Title: Golding Accurately Describes Anti-Tobacco Mood | 9/28/2007 | See Source »

...response,” Bunn said. Bunn devotes a significant portion of the report to stressing the urgent need to combat nuclear proliferation, warning of the repercussions of a “terrorist mushroom cloud over the cinders of a major city.” He details an action plan for reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism that includes global partnership commitments, comprehensive lists of stockpiles all over the world, and the appointment of a senior official in the U.S. government whose specific purpose would be to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands. “Nuclear terrorism...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Report Warns of Nuclear Threat | 9/28/2007 | See Source »

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