Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Teddy White wasn't a perfect journalist, none of us is, what was good about Teddy is that he kept trying to improve his trade," Apple said...
...talking about Club Med--you know, the posh resort chain that bills itself the "antidote to civilization," where decadent New York singles trade in dollars at the beginning of their stays for the clever, back-to-nature currency of beads...
...decision to place yet another creature on the endangered-species list often goes unnoticed. But last week champagne flowed in Lausanne, Switzerland, and sighs of relief echoed around the world. Reason: delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) voted to place the elephant, earth's largest land mammal, on the roll of animals that stand worrisomely close to the brink of extinction. That decision, supported by 76 nations and a legion of conservation and environmental groups, triggered a worldwide ban on the ivory trade. The hope is that it will bring an end to a decade...
...will have an unwelcome impact in several southern African nations. Their legal ivory trade has brought revenues used for conservation efforts and improvements in local communities. Zimbabwe, for example, carefully culls its herds without depleting them. Ivory from this culling brings in foreign exchange to Zimbabwe, which guards its elephants against poachers. But the delegates in Lausanne feared that any legal trade would be used as a cover by smugglers, as in the past. Angered by that stance, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique and Burundi say they may defy...
...football fan in Dallas this year. Maybe it's some kind of curse inflicted by Tom Landry. But whatever the reason, the action on the gridiron has been as exciting as watching two economists discussing trade incentives for underdeveloped countries on public television. In one corner, you have the Dallas Cowboys, the only team in the NFL that hasn't won a game this season. In the other corner, the SMU Mustangs, who are quickly becoming the nation's worst college football team. (Good news for Kansas State...