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...cattle ranchers engage in their annual rite of destruction: clearing land for crops and livestock by burning the rain forests of the Amazon ... [Their total ruination] would be an incalculable catastrophe for the entire planet. Moist tropical forests are distinguished by their canopies of interlocking leaves and branches that shelter creatures below from sun and wind, and by their incredible variety of animal and plant life. IF THE FORESTS VANISH, SO WILL MORE THAN 1 MILLION SPECIES?a significant part of earth's biological diversity and genetic heritage. Moreover, the burning of the Amazon could have dramatic effects on global...
When Straus takes on Canaday, one would expect a difference in ambience: colonial elegance takes on bomb-shelter rigidity. But a disparity in study breaks? Unacceptable...
...World Bank as getting by on an income of less than $1 a day, means that households cannot meet basic needs for survival. They are chronically hungry, unable to get health care, lack safe drinking water and sanitation, cannot afford education for their children and perhaps lack rudimentary shelter--a roof to keep rain out of the hut--and basic articles of clothing, like shoes. We can describe extreme poverty as "the poverty that kills." Unlike moderate or relative poverty, extreme poverty now exists only in developing countries. Moderate poverty, defined as living on $1 to $2 a day, refers...
LaRue tried to take shelter behind the podium in his first run through, but his unofficial coach quickly dragged him out to where there was, she said, “nothing to hide behind...
...INDICATORS Running Out Of Energy A Houston judge rejected Yukos' bid for U.S. bankruptcy protection. The beleaguered Russian oil firm sought shelter last December in an attempt to block the sale of its core production unit. The decision clears the way for the merger of Russian gas major Gazprom with Rosneft, Russia's state oil company that acquired Yukos' prized asset...