Word: barcelona
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...Barcelona Species on the Brink...
...bleak picture of the global status of mammals worldwide," the study's authors wrote in Science. "Within our lifetime, hundreds of species could be lost as a result of our own actions," said Julie Marton-Lefevre, the IUCN's director-general, at the organization's annual congress in Barcelona. "We must now set clear targets for the future to reverse this trend to ensure that our enduring legacy is not to wipe out many of our closest relatives...
...Virtually absent from the summer box office, however, was product for art houses. Only The Visitor, a well-reviewed drama that hit theaters in April and stayed all summer, and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona managed to get any traction, each earning more than $9 million to date...
Badminton was introduced as an Olympic sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Asians have dominated the sport's medal tally, which is perhaps fitting since the modern version of the game was popularized by British military officers stationed in colonial India. Indonesia and South Korea initially claimed the majority of medals, but by the 2000 Olympics, China had won four golds. At the Beijing Games, China has won three out of the five available gold medals, a sub-par performance for a team that expects nothing short of utter domination...
...realizing we always have more to learn from others, and about ourselves. The movie has neither the sardonic heft of Max Ophuls' La Ronde nor the emotional precision of Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, two films that also dance the change-partners gavotte. But Vicky Cristina Barcelona is so engaging so much of the time that it feels like a modest rejuvenation: evidence that a summer in Spain can do wonders for a writer-director who may not have outlived his prime...