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Bush's monuments will go a long way toward closing that gap, though their success will depend on how well the protections work. The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument officially bans any material that might damage corals or sea life, but ocean currents still sweep 57 tons of garbage a year into the protected area - and cleanup efforts, hampered by budget reductions, can't keep pace. And the sheer isolation of the central Pacific monuments, which helps shield them from pollution, makes policing the waters even more difficult and costly. "Actually following through on this will be a real issue," says...
...spokespeople have reported that increased crime rates have helped business significantly. Caballero’s success speaks to a disturbing trend among the Mexican elite. Bulletproof clothing is emblematic of a greater divide between Mexican problems and Mexican money; as a BBC report revealed in October, the Mexican wealth gap is the largest in the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with “some parts [comparable] to Spanish or German cities, but other parts…more like the poorest parts of Africa...
...opponents] were able to get goals early in the game…and tonight they were able to score in the first minutes,” Fraser said. “We need to have a better start.” After a few Harvard attempts to close the gap, sophomore Michael Biega evened things up for the Crimson at 7:49, picking up a pass from freshman Eric Kroshus and slamming a one-timer into the Tiger net. But the first-period goal was the last Harvard would put on the board against Princeton, perhaps not surprisingly...
...face for the hotels sector which was enjoying positive forecasts until just months back. In the last few years, while the economy was projected to grow at 8% to 9%, top names in hospitality like Four Seasons and Aman were making forays into India to fill the huge supply gap in the top-end executive and leisure travel segments. Five-star room rates in key cities had grown by 40% year-on-year in 2007, and a report by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, the hotel investment and advisory service provider, had predicted India would need...
...Child Left Behind. This June, two opposing camps of educators released manifestos about which reforms the educational system needed: one pushed forcing schools to raise achievement, while the other advocated new funding for school-based health clinics and social programs, saying that schools could not close the achievement gap alone...