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...parts because they allow sunlight to stream in but prevent much of the heat from radiating back out. During the last ice age, the atmosphere's CO2 concentration was just 180 p.p.m., putting Earth into a deep freeze. After the glaciers retreated but before the dawn of the modern era, the total had risen to a comfortable 280 p.p.m. In just the past century and a half, we have pushed the level to 381 p.p.m., and we're feeling the effects. Of the 20 hottest years on record, 19 occurred in the 1980s or later. According to NASA scientists...
...that's the point. We're now at the dawn of an era in which an extreme and fanatical religious ideology, undeterred by the usual calculations of prudence and self-preservation, is wielding state power and will soon be wielding nuclear power...
...Passage to India "Let's Be Friends" [March 6] stated that President Bush's visit to India would inaugurate a new era of cooperation between the two powers. Indians highly appreciate and value the President's friendship with India. Let the two great countries engage in a joint partnership to advance international peace and prosperity based on the tenets of democracy, freedom and human dignity. An economically strong and united India will provide much needed balance, succor and harmony to the world community. Subhash C. Kapoor Noida, India...
...October 2005, the junior found himself at an impasse. He had pitched the game of his career in a five-inning, two-run start at April’s Fenway Park Beanpot Championship; but in 14 relief appearances, he registered a frightening 6.46 ERA, marking a decline from his rookie season...
...night looked the next bright morning like merry little stalls offering hot tea and cakes to those enjoying the square's small outdoor skating rink. But the tents were covered with the national white and red colors of Belarus, frowned upon since President Alexander Lukashenko officially reintroduced the Soviet-era symbols back in 1995, and the 1000 or so people standing vigil around the tents didn't look like they were enjoying a day out with the family. Having spent a freezing night in the square, exhausted by sporadic scuffles with the police, or fighting back bulldozers threatening to erase...