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PLANET EARTH
Is Healthy Air Bad?
8/23/2008 12:00:00 AMDissidents aren't the only ones being forced off Beijing's streets during the Olympics. The Chinese government has also pushed drivers off the roads—about 3.5 million of them—and shuttered hundreds of factories, steel mills and coal plants in an effort to reduce the city's notorious smog. But while better air in Beijing may be good news for athletes, it could for worse for the earth's environment. "When you clean up very polluted air, as China is doing during these Olympics, it has a direct impact on global warming," says Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a leading climate researcher from the University of California, San Diego, who is studying Beijing's atmosphere for the Games' duration.
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SPECIAL REPORT: THE EDUCATION RACE
The West Need Not Panic
8/9/2008 12:00:00 AMRapid growth in Asia and the Middle East has led many to conclude that U.S. economic hegemony is ending. Now one might ask if the same is happening to U.S. academic hegemony, as these regions make impressive investments in higher education.
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Mail Call: An Article of Faith?
Readers of our Aug. 13 report on global warming were evenly split. One said, "It's a masterpiece—to be read by all presidential wanna-bes and voters." Another wrote, "Global warming has become a religion." A third claimed, "The U.S. energy lobby is accountable for the damage done."
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