Our View on the Greenhouse Debate at Rio Summit
Leaders from over a hundred nations gather in Rio to decide on climate action. Scientists offer no clear consensus, urging caution as the Bush administration resists rigid emission caps. The treaty aims to stabilize 1990 emission levels and set up ongoing scientific risk assessment before any future tightening.
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Rio de Janeiro
Bush
European Community
Richard Somerville
Climate Research Ian
Scripps
Letters To The Editor On abortion rights and addiction counseling
A reader praises Rep Irene Rudnick for pro choice stance and condemns opponents who offer no long term solutions to unwanted children. The letter argues birth is easy compared with 20 year caregiving and notes societal pressures.
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Irene Rudnick
Rudnick
National Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Day Letter
Terrance D. Brown, executive director of the Aiken Center for Alcohol and Drug Services, urges recognition of counselors who guide recovery. He advocates expanding the term counselor to include catalysts for personal change and thanks Aiken County counselors for their work.
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U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Aiken Center For Alcohol and Drug Services
Aiken County
Terrance D. Brown
Aiken
Town Criers To Late Night Dimwits Vision
A critical look at Johnny Carson and Jay Leno as modern town criers relying on newspapers for humor. The piece argues audiences misread news, due to shallow coverage on Tonight Show monologues, causing a gap in common knowledge and public discourse.
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Johnny Carson
Jay Leno
Tim Barks
Policians
Leno
Kes de
Lau fAtes
Caton
Iifelong
Lena
Carson
Leno Town Criers
Diane English
English Hough
America
Impat
Gayle
Inny Carson
Edison Project risks and promise alter private schooling
Benno Schmidt leaves Yale to lead the Edison Project, a Whittle venture proposing 1000 for profit schools by 2010. Tuition would be 5500 dollars with 15 percent investor profit, funded by corporate partners and some scholarships. Critics fear commercialization of education and unequal access while proponents cite innovation and efficiency possible without public-bureaucracy constraints.
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Benno Schmidt
Yale University
Iechmidt
Edison
Christopher Whittle
Whittle
Megabucks
Whittle Communications
Schmidt
I League
First Ament
Nent
Edison Project
United States
Congress
Bolack Ranch Wildlife Preserve Faces Water Release Disaster
Gov Bolack transformed a 12,500 acre B Square ranch near Farmington into a wildlife sanctuary benefiting agriculture and indigenous species. A March water release from the Navajo Dam drowned nests and wildlife, including 20,000 geese eggs, devastating the Eden area and revealing no NM Fish and Wildlife control over reservoir releases.
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New Mexico
Gov
Bolack
Farmington
San Juan River
T Bolack
Tom
Tommy
Bureau of Reclamation
Navajo Reservoir
United States Wildlife Service
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Aiken Standard
James G. Driscoll
Knight Ridder Service
Dan Quayle
Murphy Brown
Quayle
Los Angeles
Joan Beck
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