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...disaster strikes the U.S. But now, with a full-scale military occupation of an Arab-Islamic nation under way, a large part of the globe is suspicious of the U.S.'s motives and angry at blatant disregard for international law. Pro-U.S. sentiment overseas is going to be scarcer than ice water in hell. Joseph Kuhl Dubai...
...looks like paradise. But for Emmanuel, it is a paradise beyond reach; at his age he is unlikely to be adopted. For 13 others living in the same orphanage, however, the pictures could turn into reality - and salvation. Monrovia is essentially under siege. Food, clean water and medicine become scarcer by the day. These 13 children don't suffer any less than the rest of the population. The difference is that they could have a way out. They have been adopted by American parents. But a civil war stands between them and their new homes. So far, the orphanage where...
...that have dropped 24% so far this year, after almost doubling in value over the past five years. The company is valued at $10.8 billion, more than the other major U.S. airlines combined. And employees own more than 10% of Southwest's outstanding shares. Southwest also offers something even scarcer than a valuable stock: job security. While the other majors are shrinking their service and laying off workers, Southwest is adding routes and flights, accelerating delivery of planes, hiring workers--and scooping up market share from its rivals...
HOUSTON—After a 20-day layoff, key hits against the No. 2 team in the nation become that much scarcer. But with a chance to crawl back from a 6-0 deficit against Rice yesterday, Harvard threw away the one legitimate opportunity...
...advertising slowdown, so many media outlets are cutting costs with layoffs and lower page counts," says Wolff, "that in a real way, we can't afford news this summer." Between the temporary vacations, the permanent ones and the cost-cutting, the resources with which news is produced were scarcer this August than ever before...