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...produce travels, on average, 1,500 miles from farm to plate. Posters around the University of Portland campus proclaimed that BUYING LOCAL FOOD IS ONE WAY YOU CAN HELP STOP GLOBAL WARMING ... AIR AND WATER POLLUTION. A racier consciousness-raising stunt was staged at Brown University, where activists published Ripe, a 2005 calendar featuring naked students posing with strategically positioned Rhode Island fruits and vegetables (for August, cantaloupes rest on the buttocks of the women's soccer team...
...ecologist and antinuclear campaigner in his mid-thirties who, ironically, becomes temporarily radioactive after treatment for thyroid cancer. This "lit-up leper" is a menace to his young son and his wife, an advertising executive. So he moves into an empty wing of his parents' home. The situation is ripe for satire, but Gordimer has more serious plans. As Paul struggles to recover, his country and his family fall apart. High-stakes battles over corruption and development rage on without him. As in A Guest of Honour, The House Gun and most of her 11 other novels, Gordimer weaves together...
...written books on British race relations and the American presidency as well as numerous articles. Heineman said he wants to stay involved in legal policy issues through work at outside firms, but he added that he is excited to focus on research and teaching. “At the ripe of age of 62, I am ready to enter a new phase in my life,” he said. “I want an opportunity to think about interesting issues and the freedom to articulate them, through articles and books, to a greater audience. I don?...
...native of Orange County, Calif., Jackson began dancing at the ripe old age of three. “As a kid, I was constantly moving around,” she says, so her parents decided to channel her energy into dance lessons. The decision certainly paid off: by the age of seven, Jackson was dancing professionally, moving stealthily between commercials and kids shows as her daily fare. She remains a member of the Screen Actors’ Guild, though her busy schedule at Harvard has prevented much more screen time...
...full member, or even a privileged partner, of the EU. Political forces in Europe want Turkey to conform to their Western model, but the Turkish people continue to retain a strong attachment to their cultural identity. The resulting tension has illuminated an unfortunate reality: the time is not yet ripe for Turkey to join the EU.The majority of citizens across Europe remain uncomfortable with the prospect of Turkey’s entrance into the EU. Officially, both France and Germany support Turkey’s bid, yet just over 20 percent of the population in each of those countries agree...