On the other side of the Hill Wednesday, Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag told a House committee that simply giving companies emissions allowances could result in "windfall" profits for firms that rely heavily on fossil fuels.

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To the south is Israel - whose nearest settlement is Metulla, built defiantly on the northern side of a cone-shaped hill topped with antennae, right next to the border.

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The White House was on the edge of a hill with a wood behind it and the chalk-quarry on one side and the gravel-pit on the other.

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You can see Margaret Island, Castle Hill, Gellert Hill and the great sprawl of the Pest side of town on the opposite bank.

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