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...even if the government signs on to the program, ordinary Indonesians might not. Indonesian authorities in the past have found it difficult to control illegal logging and land-clearing because much of it takes place in remote areas of the vast Indonesian archipelago, beyond the reach of the law. "Even if you have money coming in, how [is the government] going to be able to assert control in these frontier places?" asks Rod Taylor, WWF International's forests program director. Indonesia's Minister of Forestry, M.S. Kaban, says this problem has been solved. "The burning is stopped. Our people...
...animals, Osborn can also sympathize with their victims. "What we are dealing with here is pure destruction," he says. "You can see why, if you lived here, you might look at elephants with fear and hate." His hope is that chilies will help Africa's farmers and elephants reach a tolerant state of live-and-let-live. "I'm not sure we can get people to love and respect elephants," says Osborn. "But ambivalent will...
...yell in the raucous environment of a near-full arena, I reveled in it. Last Sunday, I asked myself why. Not why I had so much fun—the only thing better than routing your archrivals in their own stadium to claim the loftiest title within your reach is maybe doing it at home. No, I asked myself why 37-6. Why early-and-often domination of a squad that was as close to a league juggernaut as the Ivies had fostered since the Fitzpatrick-led Crimson of 2004. The easy answer is that Yale was never that good...
...nation’s top offense came to the Bright Hockey Center in the form of St. Lawrence. The Saints—who boast four players with over 10 points in just 12 games—were stifled by the Crimson defense, managing only 22 shots. When they did reach the net, Kessler was waiting. The Harvard netminder only let one shot get past her, helping the Crimson to a 5-1 victory and sole possession of first place in the ECAC.“In games like this we’ve had a couple of really large scoring...
...surely a net plus for Obama. His campaign manager David Plouffe tells TIME that she is a "transcendent figure," who has avoided sullying herself in politics before and, thus, will provide "a newness and freshness" in appealing to the female and older voters whom Obama is trying to reach...