Word: manhattans
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...carbon emissions sharply will require all 6.5 billion (and growing) of us on the planet to hugely change the way we use energy and travel. We'll also need to change the way we vote, rewarding politicians willing to make the tough choices on climate. Instead of a new Manhattan Project - the metaphor often used for global warming - Sterman believes that what is needed is closer to a new civil rights movement, a large-scale campaign that dramatically changes the public's beliefs and behaviors. New groups like Al Gore's We Campaign are aiming for just such a social...
...killed and all slaughtered because this is what they deserve," it read. Settler wrath was also aimed at Washington. Commenting on the arrival of the U.S.-sponsored Palestinian security forces in Hebron, settler leader Baruch Marzel told TIME: "It's like asking Bin Laden's men to come protect Manhattan." He added: "They're terrorists. We'll shoot them if they come near our houses...
...That may make Wall Streeters - and some Manhattan restaurateurs - happy. But it will likely leave a sour taste with taxpayers for some time to come...
...suspension of 02138 Magazine, a publication for Harvard alumni. The magazine, which was co-founded in August 2006 by Bom Kim ’00 and Daniel M. Loss ’00, published seven issues under its first owner, The Atlantic Monthly, before being sold to Manhattan Media in May 2008. The founders’ involvement with 02138 ended shortly after the magazine changed owners. Manhattan Media significantly altered the magazine’s focus, according to David J. Blum, the new editor in chief of 02138. “We were redesigning the entire magazine basically from scratch...
...going to take more risk. Regardless of the confidence you have in the number. It's psychological. If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to lunch and ask you how many dentists there are in Manhattan, there's going to be a high correlation between those two numbers. What happens is that the number psychologically makes you feel confident. It's kind of like a seatbelt on a plane. It doesn't do anything...