Word: illicitness
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...warning against the exploitation of endangered species. Tibetans are among Asia's largest consumers of tiger pelts and leopard skins. They use the fur to trim their robes, in rituals and as rugs; tiger claws and dried leopard organs are also used in traditional medicine, and Tibetans dominate the illicit trade in animal parts between India and China. The Dalai Lama's word traveled fast. Buddhists in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, burned their pelts in massive bonfires after signing pledges that they would never wear skins again. The price of pelts plummeted in Tibet...
...lecture. You badmouth your TFs daily, and your blue recycling bin is used solely for stashing empty bottles of Malibu. But if you really want to flout the rules and get yourself a little privacy in your cramped Sophomore walk-through, let FM be your guide to building an illicit but-oh-so-helpful common room partition...
...Northeastern-and they have a difficult decision to make: whether to toss out their longtime, moderate and estimable Republican Congressman Christopher Shays. To that end, they have come to Sue McCally's home to meet Diane Farrell, who is Shays' moderate and estimable Democratic opponent. There is a slightly illicit feeling to the gathering. Many of these people know Chris Shays personally. "He's a good friend of our family," says John Moeling, a Norwalk Realtor. "He found a temporary congressional job for my son. But moderate Republicans have lost their influence over the Bush Administration. So the question...
...official confirmed an Italian newspaper story Thursday which reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records Unit will be studying Provenzano's copy of the Bible. In the past, the FBI unit, located at the Bureau's laboratory in Quantico, Va., has uncovered illicit codes of prison gangs and deciphered messages from threatening letters. Now, they will try to determine if there are "any hidden messages" in the holy book, said a U.S. official. "It's an interesting challenge because both the Bible and Provenzano's notes are in Italian...
...Chinese philanthropists, recalls that when he donated 10 ambulances to his hometown in 1988, local officials appropriated the cars as their own. Having learned his lesson, says Yu, "I only donate to the projects that I can see and touch myself. I have to ensure that nobody could get illicit gains from my donations." Yu, who gave $250 million in 2005, according to Hurun, focuses his work on Bright Action, which has provided free cataract surgery to more than 40,000 poor villagers throughout China. (Yu's own sight was saved by a cataract operation in 2000.) But because there...