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...habitat and a nicotine-like pesticide to name a few. Jacobsen concludes that a return to simpler times - for example, before honey bees were pumped full corn syrup and bred to pollinate monocrops from California to Florida - may be the only answer to the decimation of these vital insects, upon which our food supply depends...
...historical setting - can also present something of a drawback. The occasionally overzealous nature of his politics is also disappointing in a writer of such intelligence and originality. Here, imperialists are corrupt and bad, and Ghosh's descriptions of some verge on hackneyed: the Ibis' English owner, for instance, expounds upon the divine right of free trade one moment, and then lasciviously forces a young girl to spank him - in church - the next...
...fruit were paired to each beer’s distinct flavor. Last night’s monthly beer school continued the pub’s popular series begun last year that highlights a different craft brewer each month. Each session is given a theme, and last night Cadoux touched upon how he first incorporated organic products in his business. While in his dorm room in 1998, Cadoux developed the idea to brew beer himself after purchasing some brewing equipment. “I was always passionate about food,” he told the audience...
...tests with intelligence. It’s not an intelligence test.”It is certainly refreshing to see leading figures in American higher education awaken to the fact that a high SAT score does not necessarily equal a qualified college candidate. That said, they should not act upon that discovery by abolishing consideration of the test without proposing a viable alternative to discriminate between certain college applicants. Flawed though it may be, the SAT, along with the ACT, remains the only standardized aspect of the American college admissions process. Without such a test, it would prove difficult...
...year was imprisoned for his role in those events. He spent ten years behind bars on Robben Island, the infamous South African prison which held so many anti-Apartheid leaders it became known as the "university of the struggle", where he joined fellow inmate Nelson Mandela in the ANC. Upon release, he became an organizer for the National Union of Mineworkers, becoming its Secretary General in 1987. A decade later, was voted into the same position in the ANC, and became its deputy president...