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...extinction of plants and animals. I drew the bandicoot example from the new book titled The Future of Life by Pellegrino University Research Professor E. O. Wilson, who spoke at ARCO Forum last week about the crisis facing thousands of species of plants and animals that have been driven to the brink of extinction in part by human activity. He makes a very convincing argument that humans can save untold thousands—perhaps even millions—of species by protecting their habitats and halting wholesale exploitation of wilderness areas. But Wilson does not convincingly explain why we should...
...species has driven other species to extinction for thousands of years, and the process has only sped up in the last 200. A 1999 report in the journal Science showed that the extinction of a large Australian bird called Genyornis newtoni 50,000 years ago was likely due to the colonization of the continent by humans. Around the same time, a whopping 85 percent of Australian land animals larger than about 100 pounds went extinct. The evidence shows that the Australian penchant for barbecues was significantly responsible for that...
...chauffeur to ask the arresting officer, Lau Chi-wai, if he could "stand in" for Tse as the culprit. Shing and the officer then went to the Central Police station, where Lau asked him to fill out forms indicating that he was thedriver. According to press reports, Tse was driven from the scene by Cheung, his romantic link of the moment. The story was now sounding like a Hong Kong knock-off of the Puff Daddy-Jennifer Lopez escapade three years earlier...
Fitzpatrick will go about his business of leading the team for as long as Rose remains out. He’ll make intelligent passes, build confidence with each snap and bring some different skills to the table, including his knack for scramblin—something that has already driven a few defenses bonkers...
...answer is also "no", because Lula knows that economic autarchy is not an option for the export-driven economic powerhouse. The recent $30 billion stand-by credit approved by the IMF on September 6 - the largest ever granted to any country - is scheduled to be released in stages, the bulk of it delivered in 2003 only if Brazil complies with the "relevant criteria" established by the Fund. And that's a strong inducement for Lula to not stray too far from the IMF's program...