Word: progressives
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...decision has elevated the issues to a previously undreamt of degree of prestige and will hopefully funnel both money and brainpower toward future research on ways to mitigate and even reverse the current climatic trajectory. Gore and the IPCC have raised awareness about climate change, but progress to reduce or reverse climate change remains slow and unsteady. Momentous shifts in the national and global psyches will be necessary to confront the problem of climate change, as the Norwegian Nobel Committee expressed on Friday. Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control...
...fingers a table runner, Chens muses on the history of her chosen fabric: “Who had sex on this bedspread? Tablecloth? Who had sex on this table?! Am I, like, covered in juices right now?” While roommates poke their heads in to check on progress, Chen declares her thoughts behind the pending creation to be “meta.” She hopes to highlight the theme of metropolis by covering the entire white skirt with cascades of black flowers, illustrating both the griminess and beauty of cities. But by 11 a.m. the next...
...legislation, introduced in June and speculated to be reintroduced during the Senate session in progress now, should not come up for vote. The U.S. Treasury is currently addressing the Yuan’s undervaluation through discussion with the Chinese government. This is the right—and only—course of action that should be taken...
First, mimicking Faust’s words about her mother’s statement that “this is a man’s world,” Petersen said, “Well, like President Faust, I too believe in progress and I refuse to accept that this is a ‘faculty and administrator’s world...
...investigations into a widening scandal linking paramilitary leaders with dozens of politicians, most of whom are Uribe supporters. On Oct 4 the court announced it was investigating Uribe's cousin Sen. Mario Uribe in connection with the scandal. "Against all odds, Colombia's Supreme Court has been making unprecedented progress in investigating links between paramilitaries and politicians close to the President," said Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at the Washington-based Human Rights Watch. "President Uribe's phone calls to the judge charged with these highly sensitive investigations amount to political pressure that could intimidate the court and affect...