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Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway say that Singer was involved in the Reagan administration's efforts to prevent regulatory action to reduce acid rain.
Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway named Singer in their book, Merchants of Doubt, as one of three contrarian physicists along with Fred Seitz and Bill Nierenberg who regularly injected themselves into the public debate about contentious scientific issues, positioning themselves as skeptics, their views gaining traction because the media gives them equal time out of a sense of fairness.
The historian of science Naomi Oreskes published an article in Science reporting that a survey of the abstracts of 928 science articles published between 1993 and 2003 showed none which disagreed explicitly with the notion of anthropogenic global warming.
Historian Naomi Oreskes states that the institute has, in order to resist and delay regulation, lobbied politically to create a false public perception of scientific uncertainty over the negative effects of second-hand smoke, the carcinogenic nature of tobacco smoking, the existence of acid rain, and on the evidence between CFCs and ozone depletion.
Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway reach a similar conclusion in Merchants of Doubt ( 2010 ), where they identified a few contrarian scientists associated with conservative think-tanks who fought the scientific consensus and spread confusion and doubt about global warming.
* Oreskes, Naomi, ed., 2003, Plate Tectonics: an Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth, Westview Press, ISBN 0-8133-4132-9
Among those who have criticized the column for alleged errors of fact and misrepresentation are Tim Lambert, Erik M. Conway, Naomi Oreskes, and Merrill Goozner.
* Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway ( 2010 ).
" In Merchants of Doubt, Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway wrote that the Heartland Institute was known " for its persistent questioning of climate science, for its promotion of ' experts ' who have done little, if any, peer-reviewed climate research, and for its sponsorship of a conference in New York City in 2008 alleging that the scientific community's work on global warming is fake.

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In a 1981 symposium in Honolulu, four prominent researchers, Lewis Goldberg, Naomi Takemoto-Chock, Andrew Comrey, and John M. Digman, reviewed the available personality tests of the day.
Some of the previous guests have included: Sridevi, The Tragically Hip, M. I. A., Eckhart Tolle, Margaret Atwood, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Wyclef Jean, Chris Jericho, Tom Cruise, Bill Maher, James Cameron, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Marlee Matlin, Tim Robbins, Spike Lee, Ricky Gervais, Tony Bennett, Greg Kinnear, John Legend, David Byrne, former President of the United States Jimmy Carter, Larry King, LeBron James, Henry Rollins, Evangeline Lilly, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, Alanis Morissette, Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Branson, Howard Zinn, Kings of Leon, Kylie Minogue, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Sean Avery, former Canadian Prime Ministers Paul Martin, John Turner and Brian Mulroney, P! nk, Smashing Pumpkins, David Suzuki, Mike Holmes, Douglas Coupland, Naomi Klein, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Tammet, David Thewlis, Larry Charles, Dana White, Tony Robbins, Gordon Ramsay, Dave Salmoni and Adrien Brody.
1998 ( with Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Daniel M. G. Raff ).

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Thus, in `` The Story Of Ruth '' we have Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz and sets that are meticulously authentic.
But except for a vague adherence to the basic storyline -- i.e., that Ruth remained with Naomi and finally wound up with Boaz -- the film version has little to do with the Bible.
No Logo, the book by the Canadian journalist Naomi Klein who criticized the production practices of multinational corporations and the omnipresence of brand-driven marketing in popular culture, has become " manifesto " of the movement, presenting in a simple way themes more accurately developed in other works.
* Klein, Naomi.
According to the Book of Ruth, the valley to the east is where Ruth of Moab gleaned the fields and returned to town with Naomi.
Goswell argues that while Naomi is the central character of the book, Ruth is the main character, and so the book " can be considered aptly named.
During the time of the Judges when there was a famine, an Israelite family from Bethlehem Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their sons Mahlon and Chilion emigrate to the nearby country of Moab.
The two sons of Naomi then die themselves.
Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem.
Naomi sends Ruth to the threshing floor at night and tells her to " uncover the feet " of the sleeping Boaz.
The mood of the story is fashioned from the start through names of the participants: Naomi, which means " my gracious one " or " my delight ," later asks to be called Mara, " the bitter one "; her two sons are Mahlon, " sick ", and Chilion, " weakening " or " pining " and Orpah, meaning " mane " or " gazelle ", is from the root for " nape " or " back of the neck ", appropriate for the daughter-in-law who turns her back on Naomi and returns to her people.
Ruth, meaning " friend ", pledges loyalty to Naomi, and Boaz, " fleetness " or " strength is ( in ) him " or " he comes in strength " becomes the kinsman redeemer, while Obed's name appropriately means " servant.
His decision was primarily a financial decision since a child born to Ruth through the union would inherit Elimelech's land, and he would not be reimbursed for the money he paid Naomi.
The theme of hesed is woven throughout Ruth, beginning at 1: 8 with Naomi blessing her two daughters-in-law as she urges them to return to their Moabite families.
Boaz, in going beyond measure in acquiring the property ( demonstrating hesed ), redeems not only the land but both Naomi and Ruth as well.
Though Naomi was a destitute widow at the time she re-entered Bethlehem, yet by the end of the narrative, we see her embracing her grandson as her foster-child.
* Baylis, Charles P. " Naomi in the book of Ruth in Light of the Mosaic Covenant ".
Bunyips appear in Naomi Novik's fantasy novel Tongues of Serpents.
According to activist writer Naomi Klein, ironic enjoyment of the film initially arose among those with the video before MGM, the film's chief marketer, capitalized on the idea.
Examples cited are Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi, Daniel and the court official Ashpenaz, and, most famously, David and King Saul's son Jonathan.
* Baumslag, Naomi.
She met with Naomi Watts, who was to play the role of Ann Darrow.

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Boaz and Ruth get married and have a son named Obed ( who by Levirate customs is also considered a son or heir to Elimelech, and thus Naomi ).
Among them are manga and anime such as Dr. Slump ", Dragonball Z, Clannad, Detective Conan, YuYu Hakusho, Urusei Yatsura, Love Hina ( whose lead male character is called Urashima Keitaro, and with a girl named Otohime Mutsumi ), Doraemon, Gintama, Kamen Rider Den-O ( the namesake of the Imagin Urataros, given by Naomi ), Cowboy Bebop, Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi, Ghost Sweeper Mikami and RahXephon.
Naomi Watts plays a character named Betty at the beginning of the film.
David returns home and begins a relationship with a woman named Naomi.
The series finale featured Naomi giving birth to a baby girl, who was named Tiffany Thelma.
Naomi had with her a faithful daughter-in-law named Ruth who decided to follow her, while Orpah, her other daughter-in-law, chose to go back to Moab.
He meets a girl named Naomi ( Ivana Bozilovic ), and Van pushes Taj to go for her (" Naomi-that's ' I moan ' backwards ," Van explains ) but Taj accidentally sets himself on fire with massage oil.
Narrated in the first person by the protagonist, a salaryman named Jōji, the novel follows his attempt to groom a Eurasian-looking girl, the titular Naomi, to be a Westernized woman.
The physical representation of everything Western is embodied in a young girl named Naomi.
Later, Charlie joins Desmond, Hurley and Jin on a hike into the jungle where they find a parachutist named Naomi Dorrit, who crashed on the island.
At the Saint Lowell's space port he is to meet his new partner a young woman named Naomi Armitage.
The crate is found in a box car by Naomi ( Jennifer Harte ), a girl whose father works at the train station and a rich kid named Brendan Wellington ( Kevin Connors ) who she helped hide in the box car because he was being chased by bullies who were about to attack him.
A young Japanese hacker from Tokyo named Naomi moves to New York, but then has to return for an experimental eye operation.

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