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...List uses various criteria--such as population size, rate of decline and geographic distribution--to determine which species are most at risk. The overall picture is no less bleak than the one described by the previous list, issued four years ago, and the outlook for certain groups is especially grim. The number of critically endangered primates has risen 50%, largely as a result of habitat loss and the demand for "bush meat." The number of critically endangered freshwater turtles, prized in Southeast Asia for food and medicines, has more than doubled. Among birds, the number of threatened albatrosses jumped from...
...surface Kid A, with its strong move towards using electronic sounds rather than guitars, offers a bleak vision for a new world order. The technology created to make us "fitter, happier" and "more productive" in OK Computer can now manipulate human beings at its electronic will. However, interspersed throughout the album are electronic baby babble and lullaby-like fragments-poignant moments that reminds the listener that the Kid A of the album's title, although a triumph of technology, is still a human being-an element of hope that has been lacking in Radiohead's previous releases. The struggle...
...Urbania tells the story of Charlie (Dan Futterman), a gay man still mourning the loss of his lover several months before. The film follows Charlie through the bleak New York streets which surround his home, cleverly setting the action on the night when clocks are turned back an hour for Daylight Savings time. It's a storytelling trick that will grow into a powerful metaphor as the film progresses, intensifying the conflict between Charlie's grief and his anger at his loss...
...deter money laundering. Although no specific misdeeds were mentioned, the designation by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering would have made dealings with those countries difficult for major foreign banks. Banking and related services account for 40% of Liechtenstein's economy, and the sanctions promised a bleak future. "It was a real crisis for us," recalls Gerhard Mislik, one of Liechtenstein's senior judges...
...John McWhorter's book Losing the Race [DIVIDING LINE, Aug. 7] has given me considerable food for thought. McWhorter presents a credible hypothesis that a "cult of anti-intellectualism" has affected blacks. That is an interesting perspective, but I hope it is wrong. Otherwise Africa's future is as bleak as its recent past! RICHARD HAVARD Johannesburg...