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...preserve the people as well as the animals," says Tusumba, "like they were pickling specimens in a bottle." If this was culturally stultifying for humans, it was lethal for wildlife. Africa's national parks have been historically poorly policed, with officials herding animals together and leaving them unprotected--in effect, creating a live meat locker for poachers...
...Give focuses on the effect of charity: not only the material good it does the recipient but also the spiritual good it does the giver. Its contestants seem to have been chosen as much for their backstories and challenges as for their ability to help others: there's a paraplegic out to prove that she has no limits; a woman in a midlife crisis; a man who uses one challenge to seek out the help of his estranged father, who grew apart from him after a divorce. On Big Give, reality TV is not just a vehicle for giving stuff...
With the excuse of fighting infectious diseases, the regime launched Operation Murambatsvina in 2005, clearing slums across the nation under the slogan of “driving out the rubbish.” In effect, it was mainly targeted against the support base of the Movement for Democratic Change, a party that eventually challenged Mugabe in the March 29 elections...
...Weatherl chuckled when I asked him what the effect of the Dems’ press release had been, if any, on his group’s event. “I think to the extent that it actually had an effect—and I say that because I don’t think most people actually care about the Harvard College Dems putting out a denouncement about Rove—it was great publicity for the HRC and the event,” he said...
These high prices actually have a net negative economic effect on dining services’ balance sheet. Overpriced food forces students to sneak their friends into the dining hall, thus causing a direct loss for HUDS, already facing apparent financial woes in light of rising food prices. If HUDS were to sell dining hall meals at cost—instead of gouging guests—compliance with the payment affordable system would certainly be greater...