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...health of the population also calls into question the center's practice of reintroducing captive-bred pandas into the wild. The fate of 4-year-old Xiang Xiang, a former Wolong resident, has added to the controversy. Having had his every need anticipated by a loyal band of caregivers, the baffled bear received the shock of his young life last spring. He was dropped into the middle of thick bamboo forest, making him the first giant panda bred in captivity to be released by Chinese scientists into the wild. Although he had received some survival training, Xiang Xiang soon found...
...black is a better athlete to begin with because he's been bred to be that way." JIMMY (THE GREEK) SNYDER, sports commentator, in a 1988 television interview AFTERMATH: Snyder, who was well liked, apologized but was later fired by CBS. OUTRAGE FACTOR...
...Yorker born and bred and vehement about my city, I thought Rudy Giuliani was a terrific mayor. He was a breath of fresh air after the dismal liberal hackery of his predecessor, David Dinkins. Giuliani made the city safer. He was an avid, detail-oriented manager, although he couldn't dent the city's school bureaucracy. He was an inspiring leader when the crisis came. He spoke his mind and did not suffer fools even a tiny bit--but then, creative incivility is part of the job description for a successful mayor of New York. I'm not sure, though...
...speak with the Official Minority Spokesperson of your choice and go on with your life. Although - or maybe because - it's so easy to get caught today, it's also easier to get forgiven. In 1988 Jimmy (the Greek) Snyder was fired by CBS for saying black athletes were "bred" to be better than whites. In 1996 CBS golf analyst Ben Wright was suspended indefinitely after he was quoted as saying that lesbians had hurt the sport...
...Born and bred in Sydney's Sutherland Shire, home to 2005's Cronulla beach riots, Cowell would seem to have a unique take on the forces shaping Australian society from within and without. "We have so far to go in this country," he says. "We're so young but we don't seem to celebrate that in the right way. We seem to fear our youth. So we quickly want to get old. We quickly want to take on these formulated ideas from the past instead of celebrating our naivety, and growing confidence from choosing...