Word: thursday
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...When both the U.S. and the European Union announced earlier this month that they would support adding the Atlantic bluefin tuna to the United Nation's list of endangered species, it looked as if a majority of countries might agree to prohibit international trade of the fish. But at Thursday's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar, member states voted 72 to 43 against such...
...Thursday's meeting in Doha, though, delegates from Libya quickly put a stop to that momentum. "Let's just say they were very impassioned," says Glenn Sant, global marine program leader for Traffic, a U.K.-based organization that monitors international trade in wildlife. "We had expected the proposal to go to a working group for extended debate, but Libya called for a vote immediately...
There are a precious few things in this world that people can't complain about. The writing skills of Shakespeare, for example, or a pink sky from an ocean sunset. And of course, the NCAA men's basketball tournament, which tips off on Thursday. Sure, a few fans are irked that their schools got snubbed from the Big Dance. But the tournament itself, with its brackets, buzzer beaters and wall-to-wall ball during the first two days, may be the most delightful sporting event on earth. Even the debate about which teams got shafted is part of the tournament...
...good those two teams were," says Thompson. "Those kids deserve to be in the tournament as much as anybody. I asked myself if I would want to play against them, and I said hell no." Old Dominion won that game and faces Notre Dame in the first round on Thursday; William & Mary was forced to settle for a spot in the NIT, one of the consolation tournaments...
...fact, Dodd said Thursday that he's still optimistic about a consensus bill. He hinted that when he unveils his draft on Monday, it will reflect the compromises he's already made with Corker. But common sense, as well as leaks from their talks, suggest that those compromises - stripping the consumer agency of enforcement power, exempting payday lenders from new regulations, blocking any state regulations that are stricter than federal ones - would remove teeth from the bill. And perversely, that would make consensus - which is pretty unlikely anyway - just about impossible...