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...much of the country, though the military and government workers continue to get subsidized food supplies). The result, according to the "fragmentary" evidence compiled by the Peterson Institute, has been a tripling of food prices just in the last year - a run-up so sharp that it signals the panic buying often associated with pre-famine conditions...
...they hunt. Similar discussion is ongoing in Canada, where two-thirds of the world's estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears reside. Last week, a Canadian scientific committee ruled that the bears should be considered a "special concern species," meaning there's reason for concern but not panic...
...broken rhythm as he sharpened the scythe. “Perhaps next time we could do it in the house,” he said. “I’m quite interested in your house, actually.”Now Felicity really could not breathe. In a panic, without even bothering to put on her clothes, she made to rush from the stable.The Stable Boy caught her easily at the door. He ran his fingers through her hair, tugged her head back, and kissed her full on the mouth. The strength drained from Felicity’s legs...
...Times of India, cutting exports is a form of national hoarding: "Governments would like to believe that hoarding by traders is terrible, whereas hoarding by governments promotes the public interest. But the impact on prices is exactly the same. Indeed, when governments start to hoard food out of panic, the panic itself stokes further inflationary fears...
...head-in-sand problem has to do with entrenched bureaucratic interests," says China expert Perry Link of Princeton University. Officials who have devoted most of their careers to defending authoritarian rule "can't stop chanting that mantra without puzzlement over what to say instead and without a bit of panic about their own rice bowls and even, almost, their own identities," Link says...