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...diet and a potent symbol of its cultures, that is causing the most anxiety. In Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and elsewhere, the price of rice has doubled in the past year, a hike that hurts all the more because Asian families often spend half of their weekly budget on food, more than double what Western households spend. In an effort to contain spiraling domestic prices, major rice producers, including India and Vietnam, have sharply curbed exports - disrupting global supply chains, fueling more inflation, and prompting rice hoarding and panic-induced shortages. Asia is experiencing one of the uglier aspects...
...what we eat. Without [it] people will die." Food aid programs are suffering, too. Valerie Guarnieri, Philippines director for the U.N. World Food Program, which feeds about 1.1 million Filipinos, says rising prices mean her organization will have to spend about 60% of its $19 million budget on food, up from 45% last year. "It's going to have a huge impact on our operation," Guarnieri says...
...field reporting will adversely impact the journalism industry. Fewer reporters means analysts are increasingly reliant on the same wires and sources as others. This has already been evident in the number of identical articles drawn from the Associated Press filling the pages of papers across the nation. When budget constraints necessitate that something gets cut, investigative reporting is often the first thing to go. If CBS does indeed outsource its investigative reporting to CNN, this trend will only grow more prevalent...
...weeks ago, I found myself discursive as the resident authority on burglary and subversion. I had a friend from high school visit for a weekend in lovely Cambridge. After I brought her around the yard and showed her the Square, the hunger struck. Of course, the average college budget precludes eating every meal at a taqueria or trattoria. So rather than follow the Donner Party’s grisly lead, we had to resort to lawlessness...
...potentially transformative gift for Lesley,” said Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, the Vice Mayor of the Cambridge City Council. “It’s certainly not every day that you get an individual gift that exceeds your annual budget [of $110 million] and triples your endowment in one fell swoop.” Murphy called the gift “an exciting opportunity for President Moore and the Lesley community,” and suggested that the money could be used to provide support for student and faculty, particularly...