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Why build a real community in a fake environment? "The benefits that accrue when you create these live/work clusters are pretty well proven. You can think of Silicon Valley as an example," says Dunleavy, who expects most buyers will be film industry employees, though the units would be available to...
...issue seemed all but invisible was the one place that could really do something about it: Congress. But that began to change in 2007, and nowhere more so than in the Senate's key committee on the environment and public works, which drafts much of the country's environmental legislation. Up until last January, the committee was chaired by Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, a Republican who memorably called global warming "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people." When the Democrats took over Congress in the 2006 midterm elections, however, the chairperson's gavel was handed over...
Similar bills had been put forward over the past several years, only to die in committee. This time, however, Boxer was able to help pull together not only Democrats but a Republican as well, giving the bill some bipartisan support. That's key - given how narrowly divided Congress has become...
To combat the impression-helped along by his own past statements-that economic policy is not his "strong suit," McCain cites his experience on the Senate Commerce Committee, or touts endorsements by such conservative financial policy heavyweights as former Senator Phil Gramm. Against these two discreet points, Romney has unleashed...
The pub industry and its customers have, of course, survived many changes over the years, from the brewery breakup of the 1990s to the seismic shift away from cask ale and beer to lager; and from proprietary ownership to chain-owned pubs. If the New York experience is any indication...