Over the past few weeks, a recurrent theme in the news has been the bizarre pollution-related animal story. Bees are abandoning their hives in swarms and ducks have been dying under mysterious circumstances - not to mention the polar bears.
"Warming of the climate system is now unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level."
"Give an example of a time when you displayed leadership." It is a sentence that appears on most job or college applications. Sometimes it comes in other forms, such as, "Are you a natural leader?" or "Have you ever held a leadership position?"
Last Tuesday, two days after former President Bill Clinton's interview on "Fox News Sunday," Jon Stewart of the "Daily Show" referred to Clinton as "the new Lonelygirl15." It would have been more accurate, if less modest, for Stewart to call Clinton "the new Jon Stewart."
Seven Brown students ventured out to Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge Nov. 20, binoculars in hand, for the first outing of Brown's new bird-watching club, the Brown Boobies.
As this historic election comes to an end, President George W. Bush came as close as any presidential candidate can to admitting he's afraid of losing the election: He asked Democrats to vote for him. Last week, on a bus tour through the swing state of Wisconsin, Bush spoke to rural voters in barns ...
Republicans can't stop talking about John Kerry's "low blow" during the third debate, when he began his answer to a question about gay rights by mentioning Dick Cheney's openly gay daughter Mary.
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