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...Other industries have been affected by the plunging prices too. Only 10% of all milk produced in the European Union is sold to consumers for drinking. One-third is used for making cheese, a quarter for butter, 12% for cream and the rest for milk powder and other products. Europe's cheese industry has been particularly hurt in the downturn. Unlike milk, which is seen as a staple, cheese is regarded as a luxury, and sales tend to drop off dramatically during a recession...
...leader. When Dutschke was badly injured in an assassination attempt in 1968, the riots that followed exposed the rage young West Germans felt towards their elders. Two years later, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof founded the Red Army Faction, a left-wing terrorist group. In a 1971 survey, a quarter of West Germans under 30 professed to "a certain sympathy" for the terrorists. (Read: "Germany's Islamic Terrorists: Echoes of Baader-Meinhoff...
...Trubey of HKS Architects, a Dallas-based firm, and together they came up with an adroitly glamorous exercise in how to balance muscle and lightness. The muscle comes from the main structural supports of the stadium's retractable roof, a pair of massive single-span steel arches, each a quarter-mile in length, that plant their big feet in concrete boxes just outside the exterior walls. The lightness comes from 180-ft.-high glass doors set between the arches on two sides of the stadium. Those let in an exceptional amount of natural sunlight for a climate-controlled environment...
...measures against Tehran, deflating Administration hopes of tightening the screws on the Islamic Republic when the U.N. General Assembly convenes next week in New York City. But if the reluctance of Beijing and Moscow to back new sanctions was expected, support may also be waning in at least one quarter on which the U.S. had been counting: European and American sources tell TIME that Germany is unlikely to support tougher sanctions unless those have the backing of the entire European Union, dramatically complicating President Barack Obama's diplomatic challenge. (Read "Obama's Tough Choice on Iran...
...final score implies an easy Harvard victory, the first half of the game left bystanders unsure of the eventual outcome. The visiting Crimson started out slow, firing off only four of its eight shots on goal during the first period. Fairfield was also contained offensively, registering only a quarter of their total shots in the first 45 minutes. However, things began to heat up for Harvard in the 32nd minute of play, under the leadership of standout co-captain Andre Akpan. The Grand Prairie, Texas native fired an unassisted rocket into the Stags’ net, recording the only goal...