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“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. ... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” - US President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 (letter to Col. William F. Elkins) Ref: "The Lincoln Encyclopedia", Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY)

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• Companies Act to "Green" Their Supply Chains - Forbes

  Environmental Defense Fund and BusinessWeek Special Advertising Sections will feature companies improving their suppliers' environmental performance in a special section this fall. Greening the Supply Chain will highlight leading businesses that are ...

• The Brighton biosphere - Sussex's green message for the globe? - Guardian Unlimited

  The deep rainforests of the central Amazon and the scorching sands of the Mojave desert have long been recognised as of outstanding natural importance by the United Nations. Now, an altogether more unlikely ecosystem wants to join their ranks ...

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