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...comfortable with the apocalypse? In Jericho's yet-unseen outside world, millions of people in cities like mine could be incinerated, starving or in anarchy. But in at least one small town, life goes on, to a pop sound track, without us--without, in fact, much time or verbiage spent mourning us. Sitting in sight of the Manhattan skyline, I would say that's the scariest story...
...supposed disconnect with members of his own faculty, who were said to be largely critical of Summers. Some faculty members were also concerned by the fact that Altshuler—though a professor of urban policy and planning—was a political scientist by training and had spent much of his academic career at the Kennedy School of Government...
...might be the 300 millionth American. This is the kind of thought - pretty much the only thought - that can sustain you throughout a very long naturalization ceremony, most of which is spent waiting. All of which comes after a very long naturalization application process, most of which is also spent waiting - punctuated by a brief moment of excitement when you swear you have not engaged in prostitution, Communist party membership or genocide. That...
...nation's biggest state, decide on a ballot measure that would raise $4 billion for alternative energy investments by taxing oil drilling. The explosive battle over Proposition 87, known as the Clean Alternative Energy Act, has turned into the costliest initiative campaign in American history - with $105 million spent so far, mostly on television spots...
...money behind the measure comes from Stephen Bing, 41, a Hollywood producer who was, until now, best known for fathering actress Elizabeth Hurley's baby out of wedlock. Bing, heir to a $600 million New York real estate fortune and a generous contributor to Democratic candidates, has spent $40 million of his own money on Prop 87 so far. Though he won't talk to the media, he has recruited two prominent spokesmen, former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore, as well as such Hollywood supporters as Julia Roberts, Geena Davis and Jamie Lee Curtis...