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...business since 1977—where caribou wander daily through industrial sites. But they ignore evidence that total herd growth is sustained by the females whose fecundity is least affected by industrialization. For the shrinking ANWR caribou herds, the impact of drilling on fertility could sound a death knell. Drilling proponents like to point to the small physical footprint of the proposed development, 20,000 acres, even while they ignore maps that project crisscrossing drilling sites, airstrips, docks, and roads. Proponents like to herald the allegedly enviro-friendly operations at Prudhoe Bay. They do not publicize the multi-million dollar...
...think the answer lies in the symbiotic relationship between gangsta rap and entourages. At its core, rap is music about authenticity. The best songs are personal, and the death knell for any career is to be exposed as unreal. Thus, rap battles are about proving your opponent to be less talented and more importantly, less authentic...
...came time to get serious about work, he even decided that he wasn't going to get a "real job," that he would stay close to the sea instead. That meant another go-around--you guessed it--making surfboards, and then, Sears groans as he says this, "the death knell came when I bought a commercial-fishing boat. My mentor said, 'It's time to put away the toys, son.' Of course I said, 'You're wrong. No. I can do it all.' My plan was I was to fish six months a year and surf six months a year...
...Craigslisters are pleased by the hookup. They fear the deal is a death knell for the site's independent ethos. "Say it isn't so, Craig!!!" pleaded one post to the site's message board. Others are worried that the deal will lead to censorship of Craigslist's explicit personal ads and will end with eBay's buying the whole shebang...
...Regional security experts say a peace accord between Murad and Arroyo would probably spell the death knell for J.I. "It's simple," says Zachary Abuza, a Southeast Asia terrorism expert. "Without their bases in the Philippines, Jemaah Islamiah cannot survive." Murad goes so far as to say Americans can come on an inspection tour of his camps. "We have nothing to hide," he says with a smile. If he really wants peace, Murad will have to ensure that by the time any peace accord is nearing completion, that claim is true...