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...could require as little as one-tenth of a percentage point per year of global growth through the end of the century. Those costs will still have to be borne by someone, and the developing nations will rightly push for North America and Europe to pick up the check. Expect that argument to be renewed at the next major UN climate change meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali at the end of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Asia Is Ignoring Global Warming | 5/4/2007 | See Source »

...handshakes or fist pounds. These close relationships are cemented by daily meetings and twice-weekly group sessions. When any of the school's 150 students fail to show up in the morning, the AC makes a phone call to find out why. Freddie Perez, 17, compares this with the check-in procedure at the big high school he used to attend: "I'd swipe my ID at the beginning of school and then go back out the door," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stopping the Dropout Exodus | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...University’s shoddy Web portal, my.harvard.edu, again. Thanks to CrimsonConnect.com, a new Web portal co-founded by Tom D. Hadfield ’08 and Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10, students would be able to read their e-mail, find out the weather, check campus events and happenings, scope out the dining hall’s menu, and access their course Web pages—among other things—all at one beautiful, easily customizable portal. Students would only have to navigate the clunky, seven-year-old my.harvard interface to print their study cards...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Crimson Disconnect | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

Despite this firepower, Harvard ace Shelly Madick held the Quakers in check in the first game in March, limiting them to three runs while striking out 11 in a complete game victory. Her 1.56 ERA leads the league, while her 130 strikeouts ranks third. She has amassed a 15-4 record this season and will likely start the opener...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Preps for Tough Opponent in Penn | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

...respect to African Americans and other people of color, African-American women and to all women in lyrics and images.” But if Simmons truly believes that showing respect to women and minorities should be done “voluntarily,” he seriously needs to check himself. Showing respect for these groups is something that needs to happen all the time, in every medium...

Author: By Andrew C. Esensten | Title: My Beef With Russell Simmons | 5/3/2007 | See Source »

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