Word: funds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close down these markets, Zimbabwe has been working with the World Wildlife Fund and the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species to pressure countries to ban trade in rhino horn or to enforce existing laws. Experts say that most Zimbabwean horn is smuggled through Zambia and on to distributors in Burundi and the United Arab Emirates. These countries have become targets for conservationists. "We need to expose and destroy the Zambian syndicate that deals in rhino horn," says Glenn Tatham, Zimbabwe's chief warden. "We need to hit the whole trade with an H-bomb, so to speak...
...oversee various types of unconventional missions. One of its field units was Seaspray, jointly commanded by the Army and the CIA, which took over the special helicopters developed for the Iran rescue mission. The Pentagon dutifully briefed key members of Congress, who agreed to put up $90 million to fund the new office...
...week scientists in Britain and Israel reported in the journal Nature that they had discovered that there is a faulty gene that triggers a rare form of colon cancer and found its general location. The discovery, said Sir Walter Bodmer, director of research at London's Imperial Cancer Research Fund and a principal investigator, may eventually enable doctors to provide better diagnosis and treatment for all patients with colon cancer, which in the West is the second most deadly form of the disease, after lung cancer...
...learn more than rudimentary Spanish, town life is largely divided between "them and us." An English-language theater group performs regularly, and a country club, an American Legion post and numerous garden and bridge organizations serve as gathering spots. To keep occupied, many turn to charity work. American residents fund an orphanage and a home for indigent Mexicans. They arrange visits by American medical specialists to treat Mexicans. Last June Obregon Street in Ajijic was resurfaced, courtesy of the foreign community. Says Kay Pike, a retired actress who moved to Chapala four years ago: "Do-gooding is an attraction...
...lack of jobs for young black men translates into a lack of ability for them to take responsibility for the children they father. This, Wilson argues, helps explain the staggering growth of inner-city illegitimacy. A recent study by the Children's Defense Fund found that 90% of all babies of black teenage mothers are born out of wedlock. As Harriette McAdoo, professor of social work at Howard University, puts it, "Men are unable to maintain themselves in the labor market, and they are unable to maintain their families...