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...nice thing was that I live in a small town, so people got used to it. It was only if I saw a stranger would I have to go through the whole rigmarole of pointing to the sign and writing on the dry-erase board. Usually people would say, "Still no voice?" and I'd nod and they'd be like, "Sorry, man!" I kept to limited circles...
...into crisis. Different economies can bear different levels of government debt, depending on their ability - real or perceived - to finance it. While Greece's small and uncompetitive economy is struggling to stay afloat, Japan, with ample domestic sources of funds, hasn't had trouble financing its deficits, and investors still consider U.S. Treasury bills a safe haven. In a January report, Barclays Capital argued that the cost of the crisis on the U.S., the U.K. and Japan would be spread over many years and is therefore less scary than it may appear. "We do not believe that the global crisis...
...within China's borders. In 1993, Beijing banned the nation's domestic trade in tigers and their parts and, today, China is one of 175 parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which outlawed tiger trafficking globally. But Chinese demand still drives a lucrative pan-Asian trade in poached tigers, which other countries blame for the accelerating decline in their own wild populations. In India, 88 tigers were killed in 2009 - double the previous year's figure. (See pictures of India's contraband wildlife...
...reintroduction scheme "to justify captive-tiger breeding operations in China, some of which are actually selling tiger bones. Those sales are sending very mixed signals to Chinese consumers, perpetuating demand for tiger parts, which in turn sends a signal to poachers across Asia that this lucrative business is still taking orders." (Watch TIME's video "Wild Wallaby Rescue in Tasmania...
...using it to take the fight to al-Shabab. Memories of the disastrous intervention in 1993 remain sharp, so that is not a proposal that seems likely ever to gain much U.S. support. But it is a measure of the increasing anxiety that Somalia inspires that it is still on the table...