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...only subspecies unique to China. "You have a culture that reveres the tiger," says Tilson. "It's part of their fabric." By pulling a Chinese subspecies from the brink of extinction, China seeks not only to overturn an appalling record on conservation and the environment but also to gain a powerful new icon of national resurgence - not a cuddly giant panda this time but a formidable predator that eats herbivores for breakfast...
...rumored TFG offensive. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has gone further, proposing invading Somalia, occupying the southern port of Kismayu and using it to take the fight to al-Shabab. Memories of the disastrous intervention in 1993 remain sharp, so that is not a proposal that seems likely ever to gain much U.S. support. But it is a measure of the increasing anxiety that Somalia inspires that it is still on the table...
That's a lot easier said than done, of course. "It's way harder than they ever tell you it will be," says Ganzy McCorvey, 19, who lost 104 lb. at Wellspring in 2007, only to gain half of it back. "I felt really guilty making my mom eat the same things as me. And then there were my friends, who always wanted to go to Wendy's." Other former Wellspring students experienced similar roller-coaster cycles of losses and gains...
Despite being unable to gain the title, the Crimson had eight individuals receive All-Ivy honors following the tournament, five receiving first-team honors and three receiving second...
...This year we have a really talented freshman class, with the remainder of the team mostly sophomores,” Mills added. “Hopefully these results will help us gain confidence for the rest of the season...