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...More hand-outs from the public purse looked unlikely in the face of what the government already spent over the past week bailing out both Fortis and another bank, Dexia: a total of $10.6 billion, or almost $1000 per Belgian. "Even before the bank bailouts, the budget was tight and growth prospects were low, so it's hard to see where the money can come from," says Pierre Blaise from the Brussels-based centre for socio-political research (CRISP). "This could also have an impact on Belgium's international reputation...
...species are discovered constantly - the total number of known mammalian species is up 19% since 1992. Though they're the largest type of animals, mammals range in size from the titanic blue whale to the tiny mouse lemurs of Madagascar, which can fit in the palm of your hand. What they have in common are clear threats from us. "Mammals are important because they play key roles in ecosystems and provide important benefits to humans," says Andrew Smith, a biologist at Arizona State University and one of the 103 authors of the Science study. "If you lose a mammal...
PARIS Assembled by hand from three pieces of fabric, Charvet's tie ($195) is the choice of sartorialists...
...School. Michael T. Derse, one of this year’s recipients who graduated from Stanford in 2004 with a degree in mechanical engineering, became interested in designing medical devices during his junior year of college when he joined a team trying to help a saxophonist suffering from focal hand dystonia. (The neurological condition causes the hand to contract involuntarily, making it impossible for the musician to play his instrument.) “We wanted to design something that would help him get back to his former playing level,” Derse said. “After going through...
...don’t have any of the problems that the third-years have, who already have a transcript,” Kagan said of the first-years. “On the other hand, you could get all the benefits we think are attached...