Their resistance has waned somewhat as the green lobby has struggled to find evidence to support its case.

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Although U.S. investors have become somewhat skittish about green technology, Asian conglomerates are at the start of what could become an extended shopping spree.

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The comedians Mike Myers and Robin Williams, among other celebrities, have sported Roots clothing, and Budman and Green get a somewhat surer way to increase the company's profile and, perhaps, boost sales at Roots' 140 stores, which include 8 in the U.S. "We hope that people get off the plane and go to a Roots store, " says Budman, 54.

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Moreover, by not taxing electricity at all, the government is sending a somewhat mixed message about what constitutes good green behaviour.

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If exclusively green gardens are architectural, somewhat intellectual and constructed of contrasting proportions, shapes and leaf textures, then colorful gardens are decidedly festive, emotional and difficult to pull off.

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More recently, a somewhat overlapping group of tech heavyweights called the Green Grid, including Intel, HP, Dell, Microsoft, IBM, Sun and AMD, announced a "roadmap" for the IT industry's adoption of more efficient data center hardware.

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For those looking to get a piece of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, waiting for the stock to settle down somewhat is fairly obvious good sense.

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Visas and green cards for highly skilled workers has typically not been controversial, making it somewhat surprising that Congress has not already done a stand-alone fix.

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