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...Michelle's belief in the fragility of success: "Michelle does seem to harbor a sense that things could have so easily gone wrong for her, just as they went wrong for some of the people she grew up with - a sense that if she doesn't work hard to hold it together, everything could still fall apart...
...Irwin, said the governor didn't push the Sempra option with DOE because "it never came up in discussions that there was a competing market or a competing desire." But she didn't raise the idea, either, he said. The volumes of gas were so small, it didn't seem worthy of consideration. He said Palin has focused on a bigger payoff: construction of a 1700 mile pipeline to the lower 48 that could catalyze gas production on Alaska's North Slope...
...prices during the past year. The high price at U.S. gas pumps has pushed both Barack Obama and John McCain into making the development of alternative fuels and electric cars key elements of their campaign platforms. But if gas prices continue to drop, those initiatives might begin to seem unnecessarily costly to many Americans. (Time's Bryan Walsh reported this week that some countries are already reviewing environmental initiatives as gas prices fall.) "If gas prices drop under $3 a gallon, it will be interesting to see whether it saps the political will," says Priddy. "Americans like their sprawl...
...just the G-7 that's in the spotlight. The other pillars of 20th century international financial stability are meeting this weekend in Washington, and expectations for action by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the G-20 are also low. The less the international organizations seem likely to do, the louder the cry for help becomes. "This is a financial crisis that is global and needs a global response," says Professor Helge Berger of the Freie Universitat in Berlin. "Piecemeal won't work...
...with iPhone and iPod touch raising the bar, the fun new features seem trivial compared to the revolution brought about by Apple’s other products...