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...danger of captivity is to the animals themselves. Tiger cubs that are bought as pets - it can be done online, legally - are often abandoned once they get bigger and considerably less cute. Reserves and sanctuaries can take some of the unwanted tigers, but many refuges have been overwhelmed by demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Valentine? Celebrate the Year of Tiger Instead | 2/14/2010 | See Source »

...unrelenting demand of the students is in some ways pretty touching,” said Suneel K. Chakravorty ’11, a former HBA student, noting that Feng calls on students in class to repeat even slightly mispronounced words...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Chinese Program Director Departs | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

...determined manner." Athens now faces stringent oversight as it attempts to balance its finances: after years of receiving dodgy statistics from the Greek authorities, the E.U. is insisting on a direct role in monitoring the nation's recovery plan. And next week, E.U. finance ministers are expected to formally demand the steps Greece needs to take to reduce its deficit by 4% this year. (See more about the E.U.'s bailout of Greece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: E.U. Comes to Greece's Rescue, with Strings | 2/11/2010 | See Source »

...Back in Greece, the economic news is being followed with obsessive intensity. Widows in black are chattering about "the spread" - the premium investors demand to buy Greek debt - while the country's unions are mustering their strength, hoping to show the government they will not accept pay and benefit cuts quietly. Thousands of public sector workers and their supporters took to the drizzly streets of Athens on Wednesday to protest the government's proposed austerity measures, which include a 10% cut on bonuses, which make up a large percentage of many state employees' total wages, and increases in the retirement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Talks Bailout Plan For Greece — and the Euro | 2/10/2010 | See Source »

...refused and then sued Citigroup, claiming the bank had persuaded him to pay too much for EMI in the first place. Now the two sides aren't speaking. Hands says Citigroup is playing "hardball for no good reason," while the bank feels that Hands is being unrealistic in his demand to remain in control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMI's Downfall: Will the Hits Keep Coming? | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

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