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...called near-misses in New Delhi over the last two weeks has focused attention on a host of problems ranging from shortage of air traffic controllers and pilots to outdated technology and inadequately maintained equipment at the 125 airports around the country. Experts say it is a wonder disaster has not yet struck...
...four people. A white tiger critically hurt illusionist Roy Horn, half of the performing duo Siegfried & Roy, at the Mirage Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas in 2003. More recently, in February 2007, a jaguar at the Denver Zoo killed a keeper. Despite these, among other dramatic attacks, some people wonder why they don't happen more often. Salmoni suggests it's because animals are actually "very forgiving," and that the stories we hear are the exceptions. So, are those exceptions evidence that animals bear grudges...
...even if such policies were in place, trade hawks in the U.S., Europe and Japan wonder why they should throw themselves open to investment arms controlled by governments that limit foreign access to their own markets. Beijing, they point out, has strict limits and an opaque review process for foreign companies that seek to buy significant stakes in many Chinese companies. "So we're just supposed to roll over and let them buy whatever they want here?" says the congressional staffer. "Why would we do that...
...Professing atheism is easy, no wonder why it comes naturally to so many Harvard students; living a life free of the religious and irrational influence—a life free of Christmas—proves much more difficult...
...other film better captures the romantic American Dream that is Chicago. What kid growing up in the Chicago suburbs—or any suburb, for that matter—doesn’t dream of cutting class, catching a Cubs game, visiting the museums, and simply experiencing the wonder of the Windy City...