Word: parkes
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...poorer segments of humanity in the Third World. (Apparently, Hollywood's plan is to make up for that by adopting every last one of their children.) For example, GreenSeat, a Dutch carbon-trading outfit, buys offsets from a foundation that plants trees in Uganda's Mount Elgon National Park to soak up the carbon emissions of its rich Western patrons. Small problem: expanding the park encroaches on land traditionally used by local farmers. As a result, reports the New York Times, "villagers living along the boundary of the park have been beaten and shot at, and their livestock has been...
...again. In Britain we were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks occupying our countryside, I can tell you. Thank God there were no Kinsleys around wanting to bring the boys home when the going got tough. By comparison, Iraq is a walk in the park. Reg Brissenden Dorset, England...
...never seems to lose its sugar-coated luster. If R. Kelly can use his incontestable vocal chops to forever change how you look at closets, then you better believe that “freakin’ wit honeys like I supposed to” is a walk in the park...
...Jasmine Boulware, now 18, appears to be one of those kids. Six weeks after returning to Myers Park in September 2005, she had fallen hopelessly behind. Frustrated and unable to get the kind of help she needed, she voluntarily dropped out and became pregnant shortly thereafter. "I want to get my GED or something, but I don't know how to go about it," she says. In the meantime, Jasmine spends her days in her mom's apartment, watching television, chatting on the phone with friends and caring for her infant daughter, Kaiyaree...
...locals have dubbed him, Dubai is an oasis of relative modernity, openness, tolerance and safety, smack in the center of a region torn by war and terrorism. Sheikh Mo is building Burj Dubai, which aspires to be the tallest building in the world. The world's largest amusement park and biggest shopping mall are on the way. The sail-shaped Burj al-Arab has been one of the most famous hotels on the planet since it opened seven years ago; it's become such a tourist destination in its own right that it charges about $50 just to go inside...