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...fair share of defensive in these documents, but also a decent amount of penitence. It's fascinating to see these behemoth companies admitting that they've made mistakes in the past and realizing that they need to shift production to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles (though it does seem as if they're just tossing that in there because such talk is all the rage these days). Who knows how much is genuine. Can giant corporations be genuine about stuff like that? Yet the case is also effectively made that the failure of the Big Three would be absolutely disastrous...
...places seem to be hit as hard as northwestern Colorado. New drilling technology and rising energy prices caused exploration to flourish in the region in the past few years. The Piceance Basin alone drew dozens of exploration firms, including large companies like Chevron. Now those firms are pulling back. Harpole expects the number of rigs in the Piceance Basin, which energy experts say is one of the largest natural-gas reserves in North America, to drop 40% in the coming months. "There is a systematic change in thinking among energy companies that you could not have guessed just six months...
...that might not be too much of a problem. Maybe he thought she was only interesting for the length of a couple Miles Davis songs. But since that night, no matter how close up I lean against the fire door after 6 p.m., I just can’t seem to catch Gleeson’s voice. In fact, at that hour, Piper’s whole room sounds silent...
Benedict has said repeatedly that the Church is forced to speak out against the tide of secularization, especially in Catholicism's home turf in Europe. His kindly manner notwithstanding, Benedict does not seem to hesitate doing or saying what he deems necessary to keep Catholicism from straying too far from its doctrinal tradition...
Those nicknames from the past - God's Rottweiler, the Panzercardinal - don't seem to stick anymore. After acquiring a reputation as an aggressive, doctrine-enforcing Cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI has surprised many with his gentle manner and his writings on Christian love. But with the Christmas season upon us, there is growing proof that the 82-year-old Pope is also quite willing to play the part of Scrooge to defend his often rigid view of Church doctrine...