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...OPEC ministers will probably decline to cut back output much, if at all, especially since the record revenues they're enjoying would make it a difficult public relations feat. Still, Ram?rez says he doubts the cartel will ever again allow prices to sink as low, or outputs to rise as high, as they did at the end of the 20th century, when Venezuela was even considering dropping out of OPEC shortly before Ch?vez's election...
...right thing to do is, why do we not do it? It's an especially acute question when applied to global warming. The science showing that carbon-dioxide emissions are already changing the planet's climate, and are likely to have severe effects (melting ice caps, sea-level rise, species extinction), is compelling and now barely disputed. Almost 90% of Europeans say they recognize climate change as a major issue, and 75% identify fossil-fuel emissions as a major cause. And yet, as was widely discussed at a conference of environmentalists, geologists and writers last week in Ankelohe, Germany, public...
Trainer Bob Baffert, whose horses have won the Derby and Preakness, insists that if injuries are on the rise, it's only because the number of racehorses is too. Fifty years ago, 10,000 foals were registered annually; today that figure is 34,000. TV contributes to the sense that injuries are on the rise, broadcasting the worst ones over and over. Besides, anytime you've got 1,200 lbs. of animal on the move, accidents will happen. "I've seen horses in the paddock injure themselves," Baffert says. "Barbaro just stepped wrong...
...white skin of his face. He is diffident though precise in his movements. In the years by which he is older, the world has weakened him. When the murmuring of the devils gnawing within him tinges the imams voice, Ahmad feels in his own self a desire to rise up and crush him, as God roasted that poor worm at the center of the spiral. The student's faith exceeds the master's; it frightens Shaikh Rashid to be riding the winged white steed of Islam, its irresistible onrushing. He seeks to soften the Prophets words, to make them blend...
...Benedict disappointed those hoping that this four-day trip to Poland would bring an automatic proclamation of beatification, the final step before starting the canonization process toward sainthood. Still, he offered some hope on Saturday that John Paul could rise to saint status faster than any figure in modern church history. In one of the rare moments when he strayed from his prepared text, Benedict told a Polish crowd he hoped that "providence in the near future will offer us the chance to enjoy the beatification and canonization of John Paul...