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Names Shed Light on Storied Alps; From Jungfrau to Eiger, Many Peaks Owe Appellations to Local Legends
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It's a pageant of devils and demons, virgins and Pontius Pilate.
But this is no horror story or nightmare -- just a taste of the
legends that lend their names to Switzerland's high mountains.
Few visitors to the Alps, or even residents, probably give much
thought to the names of the rocky peaks. But closer investigation
reveals a plethora of myths and tales of derring-do, adding depth to
darkly forested valleys and greater clarity to airy ridges.
"Some were named by early climbers, some are legend," Hanspeter
Holzhauser, a geographer at the University of Zurich, explains as we
trek along a ...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:MARY H. NOVAK
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...The Administration agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty that...carbon emissions. Implementing the Kyoto Protocol would mean sharply higher...Amidst calls to sign and ratify the Kyoto Protocol, political leaders have been challenged...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:CHUCK HAGEL
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HEARING ON THE KYOTO PROTOCOL APRIL 23, 1998 Mr. Chairman and members...doing to realize the opportunities that Kyoto will present, based on the fact that the Kyoto Protocol has not been ratified -- in fact, has...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:KEN CALVERT
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...light on the potential impact of the Kyoto Protocol on real people, as you have ably...should confuse skepticism about the Kyoto Protocol with support for long term...Subcommittee held three Countdown to Kyoto hearings before the December conference...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:DAVID M. MCINTOSH
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...Resources, and Regulatory Affairs on Kyoto Protocol: Is the Clinton-Gore Administration...examine the potential impact of the Kyoto Protocol on American citizens, American...address fundamental flaws in the Kyoto Protocol. Essentially, implementing...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:JOYCE BRINNER
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; 00-00-0000 THE KYOTO PROTOCOL AND ITS ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS...Regulatory Affairs April 23, 1998 In Kyoto, Japan, the Parties to the UN Framework...policies to reduce CO2 emissions under the Kyoto Protocol because of the dominance of...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:DANIEL A. LASHOF
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...some of the issues regarding the Kyoto Protocol. My name is Daniel Lashof, and...the following four points: 1. The Kyoto Protocol is a vital first step toward...pollution reductions called for in the Kyoto agreement without harming the economy...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:GEORGE MILLER
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...characterizes the organized opposition to the Kyoto protocol and U.S. energy efficiency measures. Regrettably, opponents of the Kyoto protocol - the same political interests...backdoor attempt to implement the Kyoto protocol. The critics of Kyoto may...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:DAVID GARDINER
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...this opportunity to testify on the Kyoto Protocol. The United States agreed to the...for action that was negotiated in Kyoto would address those risks in a flexible...and cost- effective way. The Kyoto Protocol would buy America an insurance...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:DONALD CRAWFORD
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...Treaty that was recently negotiated in Kyoto, Japan. I work as a model-maker...because of treaties such as The Kyoto Protocol, which are unfair to American workers...standards that are not enforced. All the Kyoto Protocol seams to do is encourage...
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KYOTO PROTOCOLS OVERSIGHT:BILL WALASKA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...The economic costs, which the Kyoto protocols acknowledge in exempting developing...implement programs designed to meet Kyoto emission reduction goals. Such efforts...basis for the Administration's Kyoto Climate Change Protocols is the proposition...
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