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...Secondly, sugarcane and jatropha may be global environmental solutions, but these thirsty plants can threaten local water supplies. Jatropha, known as the “graveyard weed” is an invasive species that has never been studied on a large scale. It may produce a greener gas for others, but a monoculture of jatropha would be an environmental faux pas here...
...raging, visible capitalism resting on a foundation of state-owned enterprises, which, the Merrill report points out, still account for 33% of industrial production and 45% of investment in China's cities. Beijing also still holds sway over its domestic banking sector, particularly in times of crisis that threaten the Party's power. "On the outside, China's banks do look a lot more like normal Western commercial banks," says one investment bank analyst with a decade of experience in China. "But every single senior officer - right down to the manager of the smallest branch in Outer Mongolia...
...their government. There's very limited appetite for dramatic change in the volume of services provided by the state, though there's quite a strong desire to see a change in the quality of services. Long term, if we drift too far to the right, we'll severely threaten our re-election chances...
...many parents who arrive at a safe haven but, in the end, don't leave their child, says Courtney Anderson of the Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha. A medical social worker, she was on duty in the ER when some of the abandonments unfolded. "Some parents want us to threaten the child - they feel that would set them straight," she says. Some parents cry; others are merely angry. Some children begin to cry when they figure out what's going on, while others are hardened veterans of the foster-care system and "are used to these ups and downs...
...half, but could not break the deadlock. Fucito had a strike go just wide of the post, and junior Andre Akpan and senior John Stamatis were both denied by Penn keeper Drew Healy.The second half started just like the first had ended, as Harvard continued to threaten. Fucito forced Healy into a save a minute into the period. Four minutes later, a ball over the top found Akpan, but his powerful volley was once again held by Healy.“He definitely made a few very great saves,” Akpan said. “He didn?...