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...Banned: Fine Food And Fun" [Sept. 4], which referred to Chicago's foie-gras ban as a "loopy law," was disturbingly glib. Foie-gras production is excruciating for geese and ducks, which are force-fed through a tube inserted into their throats. Those that do not prematurely die in the process of being overfed become grossly overweight, and they struggle to walk, stand up, even breathe. It is not Chicago's new law that is outrageous but the inhumane luxury it prohibits...
...creation--are increasingly out of synch with what Americans are experiencing in their daily lives. For most people, wages are down because of inflation. Their "compensation" may be up because their employer pays more for their health care, but they can't buy milk with an insurance card. Even Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has called it "puzzling" that the boom hasn't shown up in people's paychecks, saying later that the evidence "is not very overwhelming" that wages will rise soon. [This article contains charts. Please see a hard copy or a pdf.] The big picture looks good...
...into a success. The company has now become two - Cantor Fitzgerald, an institutional brokerage company, and Bernard Gerald Cantor, a wholesale brokerage business. In August, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York added Cantor Fitzgerald as a primary dealer permitted to trade U.S. Government Securities with the New York Fed...
...Dasyatis brevicaudata," she writes, "but this is not usually found as far north as Port Douglas." Sniff. Is that a whiff of Google in the air? Biology lesson over, Greer flicks her tail and begins sticking her own barbs into the man. She relives the incident when he fed a crocodile - she describes the animal as simultaneously "depressed," "catatonic," and "stir-crazy" - while carrying his baby son. It was a revolting spectacle, she says, "but that's entertainment at Australia...
...Dasyatis brevicaudata," she writes, "but this is not usually found as far north as Port Douglas." Sniff. Is that a whiff of Google in the air? Biology lesson over, Greer flicks her tail and begins sticking her own barbs into the man. She relives the incident when he fed a crocodile ? she describes it as simultaneously "depressed," "catatonic," and "stir-crazy" - while carrying his baby son. It was a revolting spectacle, she says, "but that's entertainment at Australia...