Everyone else started with the bloody diarrhea. Maybe that was the wrong way to think about it.

As a matter of everyday practice, it is the farmers who catch it in the face.

We crave endings for the same reason that some religious sects look forward to the Apocalypse - because it's the ending that gives shape and meaning to the otherwise random events that precede it.

... goat, the most widely consumed meat in the world ...

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"When someone calls you in and says 'I have to let you go,' and offers no explanation, you connect the dots."

Those sounds of silence suggest that the White House is grappling with a dilemma.

US Ambassador Says Iraq Not Hopeless

The question that the conference was really exploring was this: How can we make every African family richer?

Twelve hours a night, seven nights a week, with only two or three nights off per month, this is what Li does - for a living. ... earning an effective wage of 30 cents an hour, more or less.

Don't you understand that these places can't change and that you're much better off having someone with a heavy hand, who can have some kind of order versus disorder?

"We're kind of saying, What is the next boom?" said the Senator. "I think it is a hard question to answer and I think it's wise for us to talk kind of beyond the boom-and-bust path we've been on. Why does it have to be a boom and bust? When will we get ourselves on a more sustainable path?"

Think about it for a moment. How far do housing prices have to fall before a slump becomes a bust?

"This is all black," said Ms. Wang, dismissively. "... [ Read More (2.0k in body) ]