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...past few decades, it won't be very good for tigers themselves. The princely animals are among the most endangered species on the planet. In the wild, they number fewer than 3,000; their habitat, which once stretched in Asia from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea, has shrunk by more than 90% over the past century, and it's shrinking still. "We once had more than 100,000 of these animals," says Sybille Klenzendorf, the director of the World Wildlife Fund's U.S. Species Conservation Program. "There's a real chance that we will lose this animal...
...will result in blizzards rather than drenching winter rainstorms. And while the mid-Atlantic has borne the brunt of the snowfall so far this winter, areas near lakes may get hit even worse. As global temperatures have risen, the winter ice cover over the Great Lakes has shrunk, which has led to even more moisture in the atmosphere and more snow in the already hard-hit Great Lakes region, according to a 2003 study in the Journal of Climate. (Read "Climate Accord Suggests a Global Will...
...immigration, the place of Islam in French society and the current state of French national identity. Critics argue that conservatives are trying to stoke nationalist sentiment to gain the support of right-wing voters. "In recent years, France has stopped its offensive of exporting its universal values globally, and shrunk into a defensive position that views everything outside it as threatening and corrupting," Naulleau says. "That now even includes most foreign-born French people, though clearly not the big shots like [former president] Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who hasn't faced the same problems I have despite having...
Though the event might not attract such a sizeable crowd this year, the decision was good, given current circumstances. The CEB’s budget has shrunk due to the financial crisis, and hence, it cannot afford to pay for a professional artist. In addition, its funds would be better spent on Yardfest in the spring, anyway, since that event draws more students and is generally more enjoyable given the better weather. Booking an appealing artist for Yardfest should be CEB’s priority...
...fees) - and he must arrange for another surgeon's help. This used to be easy, in 1985, when the standard assistant surgeon's payment of 20% of the primary surgeon's fee was a great incentive. Since then, the surgeon's expenses have more than doubled, while fees have shrunk to a quarter or less of what they were. The assistant's share has dropped to 16%, and, more frustratingly, even after spending their time helping they often are not paid at all, with insurance companies saying the services of an assistant surgeon are "unnecessary...