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...Education isn't the only area in which Americans need to change their ways. Individuals as well as the government are spending beyond their means. Americans became net borrowers, not net savers, in 2005-something not seen since the Great Depression. If Indians and Chinese can earn $5,000 a year and salt away $1,500, Americans earning $40,000 a year should be able to save at least that much each year-but they don't. Sometimes it is easier to put things in perspective from the other side of the world. "It is not the best feeling...
...head of Bangladesh's military-backed caretaker government Fakhruddin Ahmed spoke with TIME last March, he warned that his anti-corruption drive would not limit itself to nabbing low- and mid-ranking public officials. "If we can successfully prosecute some of the known big offenders, we will not only earn thanks from the people," the former World Bank official said, "but also send strong signals which will work as deterrents against future corruption." On July 16, Ahmed and his backers netted another big fish when police arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for extortion - a charge she vigorously denies...
...thought composting your organic waste and planting greenery in your garden were enough to earn you a gold star in environmental responsibility, think again. Those sweet-smelling blooms in your backyard patch may brighten the yard, but they could actually be doing much more harm than good to the local ecosystem...
...from keeping them pristine--until now. Giving tropical countries carbon credits for the greenhouse gases saved when trees are preserved puts a market price on maintaining forests as forests. And that allows conservation to compete economically with destructive logging and ranching. Instead of clearing trees, the rural poor could earn a living from the sale of carbon credits for preserving forests. "You can address poverty reduction [and] biodiversity cultivation and deal with huge carbon losses," says Marcel Silvius, senior program manager for Wetlands International...
...host the Games, and fewer than half as many athletes took part in the Games as had participated in 1928. U.S. President Herbert Hoover didn't even attend the Games. That clearly didn't matter, however, to Alice Eileen Wearne, who ran the 100-m dash but did not earn a medal. Wearne went on to participate in the 1938 British Empire Games, which were held in her hometown of Sydney, finished third in the 220-yd. sprint and earned gold as a member of the 440-yd. relay team. Throughout her life, Wearne remained active in the Olympic movement...