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With representatives from 182 governments, 323 intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and 443 registered media stations, the largest worldwide media event this month was staged far away from Florida--it was the Sixth Conference of the Parties in The Hague, Netherlands. The two-week conference that ended Nov. 25 aimed to finalize details set forth in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol in an effort to combat global warming...
...natural carbon sinks first to 150, then 125, 75, 50, and finally to 40 million tons--slightly more than 10 percent of the original demands. The Europeans approached the U.S. by granting them a meager 25 million tons of carbon to be accounted for by natural sinks, but the two parties failed to reach an agreement and the talks were suspended...
...like "statespeople." There's a word that hasn't been needed in the past month. Webster's Dictionary defines "statesman" in part as "one who exercises leadership wisely and without narrow partisanship in the general interest." Could there possibly be any better to term to describe how the two presidential aspirants have not acted...
...two hour-long forum touched on many issues surrounding the case, including the media's role in spinning information and the pressure on the prosecution to convict...
...most dignified statesperson? Is this how George Washington, the sacred idol who first defined the presidency, would act if he were one of the candidates? The presidency should be filled by the best and the brightest America has to offer, not by the most popular member of the two major political parties. Where have all the statespeople gone...