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...world's commercial fish and shellfish populations, including tuna, herring and prawns. Fish would flee toward the poles to escape rising temperatures, and many species would all but disappear from their familiar habitats. Many would not survive the transition - Cheung estimated that the Atlantic cod's distribution could drop by up to 50% by 2050 thanks to climate change. "The scary thing is that this isn't just happening in the future," he says. "We're seeing similar things happening...
...might be gay.” Such selective self-awareness is a powerful comedic weapon in the performance, whose steady supply of double entendres can lull the audience into a slight-chuckle comfort zone. Such surprises are a refreshing source of entertainment, and work particularly well to tactfully name drop the show’s sponsors, particularly The Coop. Similarly, subtlety and careful delivery keep the show from making the jump from shallow to annoying. But the consciously homoerotic humor can be a turn-off in excess, as in the unnecessary number, “A Fine Bromance...
...said. “I just don’t want to have the UC’s money wasted.” But Tamar Holoshitz ’10, chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee, said the funding was a “drop in the bucket” compared to the money the UC normally spends. She added that the legislation had been the works for at least a year and a half. Debate became contentious over the amendment and parliamentary procedure, which pitted some UC members against Hysen. When the amendment failed, with...
...Once in power, Roosevelt and his aides tried to end the depression by replaying the 1920s. Assistant Agriculture Secretary Tugwell promised farmers pre-WWI prices, paying their competitors to grow fewer crops, thereby lowering surpluses. But these policies raised food prices at the very moment they needed to drop. For instance, the government orchestrated the death of six million piglets to support pork prices—at a time when the urban poor could not afford bacon...
...Auto manufacturing is Europe's biggest industry, employing some 2.2 million people directly, while another 10 million are indirectly involved through a long supply chain. Car manufacturers' association ACEA says passenger sales in Europe fell 7.8% in 2008 and are expected to drop a further 15%. (January's figures are already down by 27% on a year ago). ACEA has called for an additional $51 billion in soft loans to help the industry invest in the cleaner cars needed to hit E.U. climate change goals, and to hold onto highly skilled workers. (See pictures...