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...this, and what's still to come is the byproduct of global warming, a phenomenon by which the burning of fossil fuels traps solar heat within the earth's atmosphere, changing global weather patterns. If this theory is correct, then the basic equilibrium that has maintained the earth's natural heating and cooling system for the past 10,000 years is about to be thrown into turmoil. We will be left...
According to poll results, most students are supportive of the government's role in solving social problems, a basic tenent of the liberal creed. But alone, this basic belief is not enough. Instead, what is needed is a greater amount of dialogue among liberal groups on campus. Debate needs to be elevated above the shouting match of incommensurable aims and instead appeal to higher ideals and a common ground. Campus conservatives have become notorious for hosting their "Coming Out Dinner," an inappropriately-named social event to bolster solidarity. Perhaps what liberals need is a dinner party of their...
...when there's one nominee, the whole club will get behind him," he adds. "We all have the same basic beliefs, and we're good at putting our differences aside...
...unsatisfying two-year stint at Disney/ABC, she was ready to strike out on her own. So what's an accomplished TV exec to do? She doesn't just start a high-profile cable channel from scratch--with almost all original programming--when it's been years since a new basic-cable channel has become a hit. She doesn't just enter the risky field of new media. She doesn't just bet millions on the still notional idea of "convergence"--the trendy belief that television and online technologies will, somehow, on some machine, combine to form a superinformative, superprofitable supermedium...
...second and third nights we will learn all the techniques of basic physical defense--blocks, strikes, kicks, and even a few surprise techniques too," Smith said...