Word: sustain
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...officials and food experts say there's a more fundamental reason why prices are rising: a world grown accustomed to plenty is increasingly unable to produce enough food to sustain itself. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told the world's leaders in Rome this week that farmers would need to grow 50% more crops by 2030 in order to avert a massive global shortage of food. "There is nothing more degrading than hunger, especially when it is man-made," Ban said...
...know that the camera and the audience are kinder to aging male stars than females.) But their characters are youngish, at least in their minds. Like a lot of us, they refuse to grow up or old; they need to stay fit and sexy, to sustain a satiny, early-20s robustness straight into senility. And whether Carrie and her friends are heroic or delusional, they aren't the only ones. Last night The Daily Show played a news clip of a talking head discussing John McCain's medical records and, noting that he seemed in good health, proclaimed that...
...climate change. It was overpopulation in the poorest parts of the world. "By mid-century, the best estimates point to a world population of more than 9 billion," Hayden said in a speech at Kansas State University. "Most of that growth will occur in countries least able to sustain it." The sheer increase in population, Hayden argued, could fuel instability and extremism, not to mention worsening climate change and making food and fuel all the more scarce. Population is the essential multiplier for any number of human ills...
...very affectionate, bright child," who sticks close to his mother's side. The family is being given legal advice about the possibility of changing identities. The clinic itself is being guarded to protect their privacy. For now it is perhaps the simple things that may help to sustain them. On Sunday, 12-year-old Alexander, who lived upstairs, celebrated his birthday with an impromptu party and a cake...
...powerful continental politicians like French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi disagree, and wish the unified monetary authority would pursue less stringent policies. They would rather have the ECB lower interest rates and increase monetary supply to sustain growth, especially in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis. Although these politicians worry about short-term political costs, the policies of the ECB are necessary for continued price stability and long-term growth...