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...opium is a potential time bomb, and many law-enforcement officials agree. That's because the Taliban is believed to be "stockpiling to control the prices," says a spokesman for Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency, who confirmed that NATO forces have uncovered Taliban stockpiles of opium. Despite the bumper opium harvests, the street price of heroin remains a costly $67 per g in European cities, and the price Afghan farmers charge for their opium has remained about $70 per kg (about $33 per lb.). If the entire crop had been sold during the past two years, "the prices should...
...socialism to the U.S. "America didn't become the greatest nation on earth by giving our money to the government to 'spread the wealth around,'" he said outside the county government headquarters in Woodbridge. "In this country, we believe in spreading opportunity." Leaving the rally, supporters handed out black bumper stickers with the word change written in red letters, the c in the shape of a U.S.S.R.-era sickle and hammer...
...wise friend once explained to me that there are two types of people in this world: those who know Greek and barbarians. Unfortunately, for yet another year, Harvard will produce a bumper crop of the latter sort.Although the classical languages at the University today are the purview of specialists, that was not always the case.For more than a generation before 1950, Harvard offered two distinct degrees to its graduating seniors. The Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) and the Bachelor of Science (S.B.) degrees were nearly identical in all of their requirements, aside from one crucial aspect: The more highly-coveted...
...That would basically be the bumper sticker version...
...eyes are on this year's grain harvest, which has just begun. In mid-September, the North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun said in an editorial that "all workers should take part in the autumn-harvesting battle," in the hope of a bumper harvest. The crops might give a respite to the food crisis when they become available later this year, but some aid workers and North Korea watchers believe the relief will be only temporary. Early estimates predict this year's harvest will be as much as 30% below average, because of a lack of fertilizers, which means the food...