Word: pulling
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...might be if more of us biked to work rather than drove - or if city planners put greater emphasis on designing more walkable communities and ensuring sustainable public transportation. But the reality is that climate change is happening today, and will be worse tomorrow, even if we manage to pull together a global effort to reduce carbon emissions, which seems less likely and more difficult every day. (A commentary in the April 3 edition of Nature argued that the technological changes needed to decarbonize energy could be much harder than we thought; meanwhile, over in Bangkok, diplomats...
...Edwards has said that neither she nor McCain, who was treated for melanoma, would be covered under his proposed health insurance plan. “She’s been excellent for the Democratic Party on health care,” Kolic said. “She does not pull her punches.” The Edwards family already has some ties to Harvard: Their older daughter, Cate, is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. The other fellows’ arrival marks continued efforts by the IOP to expand its international focus. The first woman to serve...
...about sex, literature, and chaos theory.Interestingly, “Arcadia” debuts on campus the same day as “Blasted,” another British play written in the 1990s. Hirschberg finds it to be no coincidence. There’s definitely a pull to do newer stuff. There’s a freshness to the modern pieces. But “Twelfth Night” is still coming up every once in a while. It’s always interesting to see what pops up in a season. People like a wide variety of things...
...emerged from his hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the gray rain early Monday morning and climbed onto his campaign bus for a long day of events. Swinging onto the highway, his motorcade passed a marquee across the street that read "Welcome, Senator Clinton." Six hours later Hillary Clinton would pull off that highway ramp and turn into the Capitol Diner for a roundtable discussion on the economy...
...local market, and found to his considerable discomfort that the dish disagreed with him. On April 1 - and, no, this was no April Fool's joke - local newspapers put coverage of the Prime Minister's diarrhea on the front page. Hospitalized for food poisoning, Samak had to pull out of several cabinet meetings. The Prime Minister's fate, though, may be the retribution wished by many social activists, stung by the notion of $300,000 being spent on a single meal, on those who partake in the Lebua's "once-in-a-lifetime inspirational dinner...