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...says. Plants trap sediment from floodwaters flowing downriver, and the more they trap, the higher these wetlands grow. The problem is, people don't much like floods, so they build levees, which keep sediments from washing out of the rivers. They also don't much like wetlands, so they drain them. As a result, the world's river deltas are sinking rather than rising. To a large extent, the increased impact of flooding in places like New Orleans and Venice is self inflicted...
...question of the brain drain is of extreme importance to many Third World countries. There are impoverished countries that now export to the U.S. highly trained personnel, such as engineers, scientists and physicians. It is tragic that many Third World physicians have gone off to the U.S. in search of the good life. You should change your immigration rules so as to deny permanent residence to all professionals coming from Third World countries that need their services. Those who come to the U.S. to receive special training should be obliged to return to their own countries once that training...
...Planet. In Invaders from Mars, they manipulate humans by implanting devices in their heads (such a good idea that a remake started filming a few weeks ago). In The Day Mars Invaded the Earth, they incinerate an entire family and flush their ashes down the swimming-pool drain. In The War of the Worlds, the aliens turn their deadly rays on everything in sight. "Welcome to California!" say three friendly Chamber of Commerce types as they walk toward the Martian craft. Zap! More ashes. A minister tries to soothe them with the 23rd Psalm. Zap again! Luckily (or unluckily...
...engineers and other skilled workers - are leaving in droves. The U.S. State Department says that 1,200 doctors trained in Zimbabwe in the 1990s, but by 2001, only 360 remained; some 18,000 nurses departed, too. The situation is now even worse. "It's no longer just a brain drain; it's much broader," says human-rights lawyer Daniel Molokele, who left Bulawayo for Johannesburg two years ago. "This is not just a question of leaving for greener pastures. This is a direct result of the lack of confidence in the future of Zimbabwe...
...only in this final stage of life that the t-shirt will meet a real market," where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and can vary by its size and even color. Rivoli doesn't allow the charts and capsules of economic history to drain the book of its color. It is full of memorable characters and vivid scenes, like the "sensory assault" of a textile mill--deafening noise, suffocating air and the "musty-sweet smell of the cotton," she says. "Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like Shallowater, Texas...