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...they reconvene in September. He points out that there are historical antecedents for meat-free days, and that it is only recently that people have come to expect meat to be a daily ritual. For centuries in Catholic Europe, for example, citizens forsook meat on Fridays, fast days and Lent. Leenaert, a committed vegan, says governments may have to lay down such restrictions in the coming years as more people in the developing world become wealthy enough to eat meat, but room for livestock diminishes. He hopes, however, that the joint challenges of feeding the world and tackling climate change...
...larger banks did, regional banks made hundreds of billions of dollars in real estate loans. The smaller banks, though, lent mostly to commercial developers and home builders who, as business owners, have been able to hang on longer than the typical strapped consumer. But now that the recession is 16 months and counting, developers are facing the same problems that individual homeowners began facing two years ago. With vacancies in malls and office buildings around the country on the rise, more and more developers will be unable to pay their mortgages. And as those loans go bust, so too will...
...problem: do the tests again. As the economy worsens, you could apply more adverse economic conditions to see if the banks hold up. If the economy improves, revised stress tests might also tell you when it is time for the government to pull back the federal assistance it has lent the banks...
...Competiton or no, Karzai would probably win the election anyway. He has the benefit of incumbency in a country accustomed to a monarchy, and the opposition parties are fractured. But while Sherzai is no white knight, his candidacy would have lent the election greater legitimacy. It would have given Afghans a chance to get fully involved in the election process, to discuss policies and platforms. Now Afghans are deprived of at least the perception of choice, and of having a say in their future...
...improve the life of all learners.” “He frames education as a life goal instead of something that happens for 12 years in school,” she said. Audience members expressed enthusiasm for the Dalai Lama’s ideas. Allyson R. Lent, a first-year student at the Divinity School studying to be ordained in a Unitarian Universalist church, said she wants to spread the Dalai Lama’s message about compassion to her own communities. Daniel M. Dion, a student in his final year studying Catholic theology, said...