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Since Wales was overtaken by England over 700 years ago, the language has been steadily losing ground. By the 60s, it was spoken only by the old people, and seemed destined for the history books. However, the language experienced a dramatic turnaround during the Welsh version of the hippie era, which wasn’t about flower-power but Cymraeg (the Welsh word for Welsh) revival. The Welsh tongue went from nearly-dead to in-vogue–Welsh is the new black...
Anyone who has owned dogs or spent much time watching them is familiar with the posture: hind end up, chest down on the ground, forelegs stretched forward, an eager expression on the face. It's obviously a friendly, playful gesture, and for most dog lovers, that's all you need to know. Ethologists--animal-behavior experts--go a step further. They call this move the "play bow" and know it's used not just by dogs but also by wolves and coyotes to signal an interest in the romping, pretend-fighting sort of games that canines of all kinds seem...
...Delaware vowed to introduce a bill that would add $1.1 billion in new money and "make everybody stand up and be counted on it, goddammit." But without pausing for breath, everyone agreed there is really no way to prevent an attack from happening here. "Surface transportation is a killing ground," says Brian Michael Jenkins, a terrorism expert with the Rand Corp...
...Meanwhile, at Courtis' urging, CNOOC's board insisted on hiring an outside investment bank?NM Rothschild & Sons?and an energy consulting firm to do their own independent evaluation of the deal, in the hope that the board and Fu might eventually find some common ground. But Schurtenberger wasn't going to stick around for the results. On April 4, he submitted his resignation from the board in writing, citing health reasons. (He has had prostate cancer for many years.) When Courtis failed to appear on the dais at the annual shareholders' meeting the next month in Hong Kong, it caused...
...Klein gives Bush more credit than he deserves. He has consistently misguided the American public on his policies, including tax cuts, No Child Left Behind, Medicare, as well as the invasion of Iraq and what is really happening on the ground there now. He has also stacked the deck in areas such as environmental protection and the judiciary to benefit his biggest contributors. Bush's so-called achievements scare me, given how badly he could botch the Social Security system. Lynne Doyle Flower Mound, Texas...