Word: doneness
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...very negative perception of zoos. Well, some of that is from a misunderstanding of how zoos operate, or what the animals need. We equate an enclosure with prison, and it's a very anthropomorphic way of looking at the animals. And one of the cool things that they've done with training is that they now use training not only to take care of the animals in the zoo, but use it for stimulation and for exercise. So if a zoo trains an elephant to do what to some people might look like tricks, the thing is, those tricks...
...Nicolas Sarkozy, practically from the moment he was elected, has done more than any French leader ever to make a mockery of the French presidency. After spending much of his campaign encouraging the French people to work harder, one of the first things Sarkozy did as president was go on a luxury yacht trip funded by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. In October of last year, Sarkozy stormed out after five minutes of an expected 45-minute CNN interview when asked about his wife, whom he divorced shortly thereafter. And who can forget his whirlwind romance and subsequent marriage to model/singer...
...Although Russia pays lip service to Georgia's territorial integrity, it has tacitly supported breakaway provinces, just as it has done in Trans-Dniestria - a province that broke away from Moldova back in the 1990s. Russia deploys its peace-keepers in all the three separatist provinces, and these serve to counter any thoughts of forcible re-integration by Georgia or Moldova. Moscow has also granted Russian citizenship to some 90% of the Abkhazian and South Ossetian populations, giving it grounds to intervene whenever Russia deems it expedient, on the basis of ensuring the security of its citizens...
...players are getting excited. The Big Dance is just around the corner.“We’re in control of our own destiny,” captain Lindsay Hallion said. “It’s what you dream about. We want to go get it done and get back to the tournament.” The Crimson is in the driver’s seat this weekend because of the team’s crucial 51-48 triumph over Cornell (17-8, 9-3) last Saturday in a packed Lavietes Pavilion.“I thought...
...stagflation"-a slowing economy combined with higher inflation-Muto isn't expected to do anything radical. He'll probably leave interest rates at the current level of 0.5%, at least in the short term. "The BOJ has not once acted pro-actively in its history," Koll notes. "It has done too little, too late...