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...With rainfall levels far below normal, many crops, from wheat to lettuce, are suffering. Water is now officially rationed in two-thirds of France and much of Spain; some Spanish provinces have even closed or restricted swimming pools and public fountains. The European Commission estimates that grain production will drop by about 28 million tons, or about 10%, in the four countries, with output of some types of wheat down by 25%. Olive and vegetable growers are worried about heavy losses, and there's been a big increase in forest fires. What's to blame? Not just the weather, argue...
...truth is, even if Ellis decided to drop all the layers and the games, you get the feeling he wouldn't know how. He's just as confused as we are. "I'm a weird person," he insists. "I'm not normal. Do you think the guy you're sitting across from, who wrote these books and who's put himself out there, do you think that that's, like, conducive to normal behavior? I'm beginning to think it's not. I'm beginning to think it's all one big mistake." He gives me the quizzical stare again...
...Rome's Cinecittà studio lot, cost $13 million and the 12-episode first season, $100 million. Shooting began in March 2004 but was delayed as HBO shuffled producers and reshot chunks of the first three episodes (directed by filmmaker Michael Apted). It also had the largely British cast drop the regional accents they had used to distinguish the classes, deeming them too inscrutable for Americans...
...BUSH, Florida Governor, criticizing NCAA officials for their decision to penalize Florida State University and other schools unless they drop their Native American mascots...
...point out that Mexico's population growth rate has plunged by more than 50 % during the last five decades, which will probably lead to rising incomes and demand for workers inside of Mexico. Already the percentage of first-generation immigrants in the total US Hispanic population is expected to drop from 40 % in 2000 to closer to a third by 2020, a decline of nearly 20 %. In other words, the forces that have driven emigration from Mexico-and the social pressures they have spawned in the US-may be on the verge of reversing themselves...