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...kill the animals. Trophy hunting not only removes the biggest and most genetically fit animals but also helps create markets for big-cat parts, undermining the long-term conservation of increasingly isolated populations. Conserving big cats is a culturally and socially complex issue but not so complicated that the direct killing of the fittest animals can turn out to be helpful. Wayne Pacelle, President Humane Society of the U.S. Washington Big cats are only doing what we humans do: they are predators, and so are we. Irving Stanton Elman Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. While your article correctly pointed...
Witherspoon, who was the director's first choice for Becky, says Nair was "born to direct" and that she was "in awe" of her. "We shot in India for three days, and she had 300 extras, two elephants, four camels, and she was directing in Hindi and in English, and she did it without breaking a sweat...
Nair is currently developing an adaptation of The Namesake, the Jhumpa Lahiri best seller about a family's move from Calcutta to Boston, and she will direct Homebody/Kabul, Tony Kushner's play about a woman who goes to Taliban-era Afghanistan seeking her mother...
Such identity protection is the cornerstone of public networks like LinkedIn, which operates much as Friendster does; most people join by invitation, in turn inviting their friends (and so on). The personal information of everyone but your direct contact remains hidden. Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications, a p.r. firm, has used this social pyramid to close $200,000 worth of new business. Instead of the usual 3% response rate he gets from direct-marketing calls, Defren has elicited a beefy 50% rate courtesy of LinkedIn's referenced referrals. But Defren is careful not to ask for too many favors...
...hate political attacks--but not really. They have obviously responded to the scurrilous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign against Kerry's war record, which is why he was forced, finally, to counterattack last week. The Swifties' ability to dominate the news with incendiary nonsense is, I believe, a direct result of Kerry's unwillingness to dominate the news with tart, controversial substance by challenging the President on Iraq...