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...week. Niger has been here before. Between 1968 and 1973 a severe drought across the Sahel killed as many as a quarter of a million people. In The Fate of Africa, an excellent new history of the continent since independence, writer Martin Meredith explains that drought "was only one aspect of the problem." Rapid population growth had forced peasants northward into pastoral areas that were too arid for permanent farms. "The overall result was overgrazing, overcultivation and deforestation on a catastrophic scale." A massive Western relief effort poured some $7.5 billion of aid into the region. "But all the efforts...
...later the hem had fallen. And over time Benedict found his office's public aspect an increasingly comfortable fit. His smile offset the famous dark circles beneath his eyes. Eventually he was tolerating such photo ops as a public cell-phone conversation with an ailing nun and the donning of a fire fighter's hat. "He'll never be a celebrity," says a Vatican official who has worked closely with Ratzinger. "But he seems more joyful and sure of himself." Ratzinger's brother was once worried that the job might harm his health. On the contrary, asserts Walter Cardinal Kaspar...
...their parents' age, the U.S. will be a worse place to live in than it is now. In their responses, the fears and pressures and appetites seep through, as does the gap between how their parents see them and how they perceive themselves. That may be the one aspect of 13-year-old life that never changes...
...thought that many players were unhappy with that aspect of the settlement, though they approved the package convincingly...
...Cancer is as much a mental war as it is a physical war and this project is truly an emotional aspect of medicine,” Jernegan said. “For me to have the opportunity to see this level of expertise and what they’re trying to accomplish is comforting...