Start Over A National Energy Strategy
A call for a new national energy plan urges Congress to craft a strategy combining renewables, conservation, and cleaner use of coal and nuclear power. It argues for domestic oil and gas production, careful Arctic drilling, upgraded infrastructure, and safer nuclear research while noting current bills fail to address core needs.
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Today in History Highlights Sept 10 events across years
Timeline items include 1813 Lake Erie victory by Oliver Hazard Perry, 1908 Jamestown council election, 1919 reception of WWI veterans in New York, 1939 Canada declares war on Germany, 1945 Vidkun Quisling death sentence, 1963 integration of Alabama public schools, and 1846 Elias Howe patent for sewing machine.
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John J. Pershing
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Norway
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Virginia
Elias Howe
George C. Wallace
Roswell couple to teach dance at Memorial Recreation Center
Ruth and Scotty Guiver announce dance classes at Memorial Recreation Center. Roswell’s Frank Bryant earns a scholarship from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and will study civil engineering in fall 1977.
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New Mexico
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Thinkers, Not Robotic Workers. A New Mexico Reflections
A reader recalls studying in France and contrasts rote schooling with American teaching that stressed thinking skills. He warns that business influence in New Mexico schools pushes programs like school to work and corporate training, risking reduced focus on thinking and language education.
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Bush's fundraising drives lift him as voters weigh war
With two months to go before the midterms President Bush has raised about 115 million dollars and may add more from two fundraisers. He has outpaced Clinton's 1994 pace as pundits label him fundraiser in chief. The campaign centers on war with Iraq and the economy amid battles over taxes homeland security and corporate accountability.
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Robert Mugabe
Tony Blair
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The Blank Slate and Human Nature Debate
Psychologist Steven Pinker argues violence is innate, not solely learned, challenging liberal beliefs. He critiques Marxist and liberal social theories, cites crime rate swings, and asserts temperament and biology shape aggression more than environment.
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Italy
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