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...increase production, so OPEC will obviously be paying attention," says TIME financial correspondent Adam Zagorin. "OPEC realizes that the market demands a supply increase, but they're interested in doing this in a coordinated way - of building a consensus, so that some countries don't drastically increase production and slash prices." OPEC is also said to be concerned about sparking a recesssion, which would be likely to cause an uncontrollable dip in oil prices...
Sohn's comparison of the implications of the slash to a boxer delivering a fatal blow in the ring is off-base. A better comparison might be to a boxer delivering a blind-sided swift boot to the head of his opponent while the latter makes his way back to his corner. Sticks to the head are far from the type of actions that he claims the NHL has "tacitly allowed...since its inception." Most fans of the game don't "buy tickets expecting a WWF-like performance." I have heard innumerable comments from first-years from warmer climates, after...
...soil was evidence of prehistoric man: charcoal, occasional stone axheads made from meteorites, and a lump of manioc bread preserved in natural tree gum. "If we can find out how these so-called primitives made this soil," reckons Van Roosmalen, "we can use it as an alternative to destructive slash-and-burn agriculture." Unfortunately, since the river tribes that knew the secret were all wiped out by European raiding parties 500 years ago, the scientist must start from scratch...
...Brazil-nut tree and an anthurium with leaves bigger than elephant ears. And best of all, Van Roosmalen stumbled on traces of an agricultural technique--invented by Stone Age tribes around 10,000 years ago--that may help save the Amazon from the damage caused by farmers who slash and burn the forest to clear land...
...speaks, Bush has tried to hone down his message as much as possible to just two issues: tax cuts and education. By showing off his education-policy expertise, Bush hopes to lock in the advantage he has built over McCain with women voters. And by touting his plan to slash $483 billion in taxes over just five years, he believes he can solidify his support among traditional Republicans, especially those in tax-allergic New Hampshire, where Primary Day is just two weeks away. "There's a limited number of notes we can strike in the last few weeks of this...