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...environmentalists believe she's too close to industry to be effective, but that might not prove a negative as she assists in the massive work of beginning to regulate U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from utilities. Her accessibility will also be a boon for career EPA staff members demoralized by eight years of the Bush Administration's repeated favoring of politics over science. "I've heard she's a good listener," says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Climate Change. "That's what the EPA needs right...
...Only eight days before she passed away, history professor Angeliki E. Laiou was still writing letters of recommendation for her students...
...that it is important for HSBA to support the locally owned shops, which—despite their prevalence—do not occupy as much square footage in the Square as the national chains. At the moment, 98 percent of the business locations in the Square are occupied. Seventy-eight percent of the nearly 390 business locations in the square are locally owned, 6 percent are regional stores such as JP Licks, and 16 percent are national chains. “It is so important for us to continue to promote the Square, particularly the independently owned businesses, and particularly...
...what has been called the crowning achievement of her scholarly career, Laiou edited and wrote eight of the chapters of a three-volume collection on the economic history of Byzantium...
Even as Greece awakened Monday to relative calm following eight days of rioting by outraged youths, French officials were moving to placate protesting students amid rising fears that violence could break out across France. Given the defiant nature of French student protests over the years - including weeks of violent demonstrations over a new youth labor contract in 2006 - concern is growing in France that the dismal economic outlook could push the current anti-reform protests into the kind of wild insurrection that has rocked Greece...