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...there a growing disparity between rich and poor, there is also an increase in deforestation and pollution of rivers, groundwater and air, which could lead to environmental collapse. Ravi Sharma Calgary, Canada I thoroughly enjoyed your cover story on the rapid changes in India. As an Indian living in England, I often wonder what the true cost of this economic boom is, especially the impact on Indian values and culture. Extended families are becoming fragmented, the young have little pride in their culture, and there is contempt for everything that is old. In contrast, a developed nation like England...
...Powerfuel - now majority-owned by Russia's Kuzbassrazrezugol - expects to pipe the carbon into North Sea?oil reservoirs, where it can help flush out additional oil reserves. Several other carbon-capture ready projects have been proposed. E.ON, for instance, wants to build an igcc plant in the north of England that's capture ready, but says it needs a government subsidy. Imperial College's Gibbins says it's imperative that three to four projects quickly get funded to prove the validity of these technologies. "If climate change is urgent, then carbon capture and storage is a really big deal...
...watch the penalty box on any corner kick in a game in Italy's Serie A, or England's Premiership, you see defenders grabbing strikers in full nelsons, yanking their shirts, throwing elbows, pushing, kicking--and that's before the ball is put in play. In response, players such as Portugal's young sensation Cristiano Ronaldo have learned to dive and writhe on the ground the instant an opponent is within spitting range. Throw in trash talk, some of it outright racist in a Europe where African and Brazilian players flourish, and you can see why a player like Zidane...
...were masked with asterisks. The fun came in definitions of such obscure but piquant phrases as Back Gammon Player, Brother of the Gusset, Fire Ship, Irish Whist, Nogging House, Pushing School, Scotch Warming Pan and Whiffles. I suppose they might have raised a giggle from the youth of Olde England or 60s Middle America, but kids of the latter era were getting naughtier word play from Ian Fleming. Remember Pussy Galore...
...Europe of the 21st century! Maxi Schmeisser Bamberg, Germany Your reporting on Eton stated that the school "has for many Britons come to symbolize unfair privilege." That's certainly how I see it. The boys on the cover are emblematic of inherited social advantage, wealth and the injustice of England's class system. I'd guess that parents put up thousands of pounds before the boys were born to reserve a place at Eton, where students learn they are superior to the plebian proletarians in nearby downtown Slough. Kenneth Carman Basildon, England The story on Eton College was very revealing...