Word: provenances
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...future could be even brighter. Only 30% of Brazil's proven oil reserves are developed, and Petrobras has first call on much of the rest. The volume of those reserves is expected to grow substantially as the company explores the vast Amazon Basin and oil pools off the Atlantic coast. Petrobras has become a leader in drilling deepwater, offshore wells in the so-called Campos Basin off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Now the company is looking into joint ventures with 56 potential foreign partners, including Exxon, Shell and British Gas, which would allow expanded exploration around the country...
...compelling educational aspect seems clear: the positive impact of single-sex schools for girls has been proven repeatedly in comparative studies of educational attainment and self-esteem in young girls in co-ed and single-sex institutions. More recent studies showing the propensity of teachers to call on boys in the classroom and to privilege boys' views over those of girls is further indication of the potential benefit of single-sex education for girls. And in terms of comparable services for both sexes, the findings of a number of researchers have shown that boys do not perform better without girls...
...study adds a new dimension to debate about capital punishment. Arguments against the death penalty which question its morality and humanity have proven ineffective to proponents of capital punishment, but even those who feel no moral qualms about executing convicted murderers should be able to agree one point: any punishment as severe and final as death should only be exacted if we are absolutely sure that we are executing the guilty party...
Much of our national pride is rooted in our criminal justice system, which mandates that a defendant's guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt...
...Delhi. "When we had covered about half the garden," recalls S.K. MATHUR, the chief horticulturalist, "she suddenly asked me, 'Do you talk to the plants?' I said, 'Of course.' She started laughing, and then she asked, 'Do they respond?' I told her that it had been scientifically proven that plants respond to tender human attention. I think she was glad to hear that. She was asking quite seriously because her husband had said on TV that he talked to his plants. She wanted to check...