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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...part of a country's emission reductions. Indeed, the U.S. negotiators went in suggesting that the scale of U.S. forests was sufficient to cut its emission reduction target in half. Needless to say, the Europeans aren't having any of it, dismissing the proposals as a specious attempt to let the world's biggest polluter off the hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why America's Close Election Is Bad News for a Warm Planet | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

...must not let another day go by if we have innocent people sitting in jail that could be freed by DNA testing," she said...

Author: By Alyssa R. Berman and Justin D. Gest, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Attorney General Speaks On Impact of DNA Evidence | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

Lest anyone worry that the indecisiveness of the American people might influence the minds of the people of the "fifty-first state," let me put those fears to rest. The Canadian electoral system is distinctly different from the American model. Canadians, in fact, only vote for their prime minister as a matter of speaking. Nowhere on their ballots will they find the names of the candidates for Canada's top-job. Instead, they will cast their votes for the candidate and party that they wish to represent their region, or riding, in the House of Commons--the Canadian legislature...

Author: By Dalia L. Rotstein, | Title: Canadian Elections: A Primer | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

...finished reading; with a friendly law code and the increasing penetration of electronic books into the marketplace, this could easily change. Remember those licensing requirements every time you hear someone sing the praises of e-books or of a digital library--and imagine a book that won't let you keep reading unless you put another quarter...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Of Liberty and License | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

...election law by judicial fiat after the election has been held." No fair, he said, "to usurp the duties of the executive branch." No fair to "change the rules - either in the middle of the game, or after the game has already been played." And no fair to let a dimple count as a vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It Could Be Down to Those Darn Dimples | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

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