In 2007, Mr. Umarov announced an ideological sea change, declaring himself the emir of the Caucasus Emirate, which aimed to establish a Shariah-based state independent of Russia.
Casting his group as a champion of ordinary workers who would be hurt by environmentalists, Phillips went to Copenhagen last year and staged a protest outside the United Nations conference on climate change, declaring, "We're a grassroots organization..
In 2010 he reversed his stance on climate change, declaring it a major problem and advocating that the world's governments devote $100 billion annually toward such measures as emissions reduction and environmental engineering.
Casting his group as a champion of ordinary workers who would be hurt by environmentalists, Phillips went to Copenhagen last year and staged a protest outside the United Nations conference on climate change, declaring, "We're a grassroots organization...
"We seek no change," declared one Chartist.
"BOY, have things changed!" declares Niel Ransom, chief technology officer of Alcatel, a big telecoms-equipment vendor.
"The gestalt has changed," declared Russell Sciandra, director of the Center for a Tobacco-Free New York.
Zac Goldsmith, the Tory MP who had campaigned for the change, declared himself "disgusted".What explains this reversal?
Carol Browner, the White House coordinator for energy and climate change, declared on Aug. 4: "I think it's also important to note that our scientists have done an initial assessment and more than three-quarters of the oil is gone.
"The toilet is a tool of social change," declares Bindeshwar Pathak, a (high-caste) brahmin who started the charity in 1970 and has developed a passion for lavatorial technology.
