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...that last point of food versus fuel, the naysayers have so far had the upper hand. Corn - the main source of ethanol in the U.S. - isn't a very rich source of energy, and it's difficult to understand how a world that still has nearly a billion hungry people could dedicate a sizable chunk of its corn harvest to fuel. The 4.86 billion gallons of corn ethanol produced by the U.S. in 2006 has already had a measurable impact on grain prices, which are hovering at world highs...
...still regularly "sledge" - or verbally niggle - their opponents. One former Australian captain called the practice "mental disintegration" and argued that it should be seen as an important part of the game. The Indian team - and players from other subcontinental teams such as Pakistan - complain that it's a bit rich for Australia to start moaning about on-field banter now. Indeed, India has lodged a counter complaint against an Australian bowler who they say called the Indians "bastards," a term Australians use to describe everyone from their worst enemy to their best friend, but which the Indian team manager told...
...daily basis, what they saw and experienced. Moreover, there were photographers, amateur and professional, of all nationalities using still and movie equipment to make a visual record of life in the tortured city. I have rarely, if ever, seen a documentary reconstruction of a historical event that is so rich in firsthand (and well-preserved) photographic material. All the directors did was assemble a cast of actors (some of them as well-known as Woody Harrelson and Mariel Hemingway, some of them unknown) and set them to reading the written record, cutting away to the moving footage, still pictures...
...could hardly use more strife this season. This summer the league had to hold a "concussion summit" to tackle the growing problem of career-shortening brain injuries suffered on the football field. Older retired players, broken and broke, clamored for better disability benefits, portraying the league, its rich young players and their union as greedy. Bad player behavior--Adam (Pacman) Jones' involvement in a strip-club shooting, Vick's ties to a dogfighting ring--forced commissioner Roger Goodell to enforce unprecedented penalties for off-field incidents. Then there were tragedies: Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was murdered early New Year...
...immediate cause of the latest price jump was unrest in oil-rich Nigeria, but the bigger issue is that not enough new supply is coming online to make up for declining production at many existing fields...