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...RICHARD W. METZ Sanibel...
...staunch opponent of the Vietnam War, he was elected in 1970 (with the help of campaign aide John Kerry and the slogan "Father Knows Best"). He charmed, and sometimes cowed, colleagues with his clerical clothing--he said he had no other suits--and was the first to call for Richard Nixon's impeachment, over the U.S.'s secret bombing of Cambodia. He left politics in 1980, after Pope John Paul II ordered him to resign, citing a canon law barring priests from elective office...
Admittedly, the airline industry has improved efficiency over the past 40 years, with technological upgrades more than doubling efficiency. There are tweaks in aircraft operations that could nip carbon emissions even further. Virgin Atlantic airlines tycoon Richard Branson, who last year pledged $3 billion in the fight against climate change, advocates having planes towed on the ground rather than taxiing, which he has said could cut a yet unspecified portion of fuel on long flights. Emissions trading for the air industry could help as well, with airlines given carbon caps and then being required to purchase credits from other industries...
...version of Microsoft's ubiquitous operating system in five years--and probably the last one over which the world's richest man will preside. Bill Gates, 51, plans to step down as chairman of Microsoft next year to focus on his philanthropic work. He chatted with TIME's Richard Stengel and Lev Grossman about the future of technology, how to fix education and why even he limits his child's use of the computer...
With the announcement, Cech joins several other serious presidential contenders who have publicly said they are not candidates for Harvard’s top post. Both Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy and University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Alison F. Richard, who were said as recently as last month to be under serious consideration by the committee, have repeatedly denied interest in the post...