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Radical as that scenario may seem, it was only after World War II that the U.S. began confining cattle in factory farms that can fatten 50,000 head a year on high-calorie grain. Until then, cattle grazed on grass their full lives--as they still mostly do in Europe, South America, New Zealand and other beef-producing nations. The new U.S. system grew thanks to vast surpluses of government-subsidized corn and soybeans, produced with modern petroleum-based fertilizers. Traditionally, steers had taken three to four years to fatten on pasture. Today they grow to slaughter size in less...
...that will reach almost half of their incomes. It's a kind of economic slavery, and it can't be sustained." Granted, not many share that dire outlook. Just because Spain can't continue growing like it has doesn't mean its economy will catastrophically self-destruct. "Our central scenario is a soft landing," says Claude Giorno, who analyzes the Spanish economy for the o.e.c.d.; he sees the construction market slowing gradually rather than collapsing. But even he concedes that future growth must come from somewhere...
...having regrets means that there are things left to do. When my roommates and I went to Ireland for an intersession trip, I was initially upset that we hadn’t made it to all of the sightseeing attractions listed in the guidebook. But now I recall that scenario in a more positive light. Missing out on a few things is all right because it can help map and prioritize the future. It is comforting not only to know that there is ground left to cover after we leave Harvard, but also that what were first regrets from college...
...Brown on the road and dispatch Columbia in New York. The Crimson was one win over Cornell away from taking four of five games on its toughest road trip of the year and returning to Lavietes Pavilion in great shape for a critical series against Princeton and Penn. That scenario came painfully close to being made reality, for despite having both Stehle and Cusworth foul out in the game’s final minutes, the Crimson fought to a three point lead with under a minute left. But Cornell captain Lenny Collins kept his team alive by scoring eight straight...
...online "universal library." He was prophesying by proxy, as the original prophet was Kevin Kelly, one of the founding editors of Wired magazine. But while Updike conveyed Kelly's premise with conviction, he had no intention of celebrating it: rather digitization, he told the audience, was a "grisly" scenario, one that would lead to readers treating books like music, downloading and cutting them into playlist-like "snippets." The word "snippets" was delivered with an East Coast snap - teeth into an October apple - for maximum onomatopoetic effect...