Word: meat
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...Francisco -- based Endangered Species Project, he goes after the illicit trade in wildlife. And there is no shortage of work. Unsanctioned traffic in animals and animal parts -- birds of prey, tiger skins, tiger bones and bear gallbladders out of Russia; rhino horns and elephant ivory from Africa; whale meat into Japan; rare birds and snakes from South America -- has more than doubled in value since 1989, generating an estimated $6 billion in annual revenues. According to Interpol, the international police agency, wildlife trafficking is now the second largest form of black-market commerce, behind drug smuggling and ahead of arms...
...Japan, for example, the 300 or so minke whales killed legally each year can't begin to satisfy the demand for whale meat, a delicacy that commands about $100 a plate. Customs officials frequently seize illegal shipments on the way into the country. But plenty slips through, and a recent study published in Science suggests that some of it comes from whales that can't be hunted legally. Investigators bought whale meat in retail markets all over ! Japan. Using DNA tests, researchers found that some of it came from fin whales, humpbacks and other protected species. "We were stunned...
Many agriculture experts challenge Brown's conclusions, noting that grain and meat production have been keeping pace with population growth for decades. But most do agree that not enough private or public money has been spent on research in food production or biotechnology. Vocal among them is Dennis Avery, director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana. "The real question for today is whether American agriculture can fulfill its potential as one of America's premier growth industries in a world about to triple its demands on farming resources," he declares. "Few farmers...
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Perhaps the only disadvantage of our having direct access to the meat of the "highway" is, shall we say, the "road construction" that we must face. In particular, network connections often "go down," or fail to operate, on Harvard's highway. We can describe the operation of our network adapters in terms of the highway metaphor...