Archive for April, 2008
A worldwide food crisis
Food prices have soared around the world, up 40% since mid 2007. There are 660 million people, equivalent to half the population of China, living on less than $2 per day. These people already spend such a large percentage of their income on food that the increase means they are either starving or in great [...]
Fighting words
discriminate |disˈkriməˌnÄÂÂt| 1 recognize a distinction; differentiate : babies can discriminate between different facial expressions of emotion. See note at distinguish . • [ trans. ] perceive or constitute the difference in or between : bats can discriminate a difference in echo delay of between 69 and 98 millionths of a second | features that [...]
