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...Science, an estimated one out of four mammals is threatened with extinction. The populations of about half the 5,487 known species of mammals in the world, on land and in the water, are dwindling each year. "Our results paint a bleak picture of the global status of mammals worldwide," the study's authors wrote in Science. "Within our lifetime, hundreds of species could be lost as a result of our own actions," said Julie Marton-Lefevre, the IUCN's director-general, at the organization's annual congress in Barcelona. "We must now set clear targets for the future...
...waited until the 1947 Grand Prix to see the first victory with the Ferrari 125S. The car quickly earned its pedigree as the fastest there was, and it wasn't long before it went from the racetrack to roadways. By the 1980s, Ferrari had become the ultimate status symbol, drawing collectors as diverse as Prince Bernhard of Holland (who owned 14), Eric Clapton (8) and Ralph Lauren (13). In the past 10 years, the Ferrari has won more Formula One races than any other car?which has created record prices in recent sales. McQueen's 1963 Ferrari Berlinetta Lusso went...
...We’re maintaining the status quo. We’re grasping onto something that’s not there. I don’t know if it’s the best idea...
...feel that the symposium, in and of itself, would change much in terms of the political or cultural thinking concerning immigration, they did note that there could be trickle-down effects. “I don’t think a symposium like this can change the status of immigration,” said Julie Reynolds, a fellow who is a criminal justice reporter for the Monterey County Herald. “But it can change the way we talk about the status of immigration, and in turn will shape public conversation. This could eventually influence politics...
...assistance, even when the job market, the education and health care system, and the shortage of affordable housing make survival tenuous for so many Americans. But the help we deign to provide comes with strings that tie up poor people’s worth as human beings into their status as dependents. We suddenly gain the authority to tell them how they ought to live and even attempt to sterilize them, as if a human’s worth to a society were solely in her economic productivity. We develop myths about welfare queens, making public assistance recipients into ingrates...