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amazing what a motivator profits can be - airline industry goes on a slimming diet | economics news at abelard.org
Carrying less magazines, food, even paintwork, reduces airline costs by reducing the weight to be transported.
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the disgraceful secret courts and unaccountability of the 'social' 'services' continue unabaited | politics uk news at abelard.org
UK social services manage to create over half a million potential miscarriages of justice each year by their arbitrary kidnapping of children. And family courts have gagging orders as standard, so it continues almost unchecked.
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after the twelfth stage - lavelanet to narbonne | Tour de France news at abelard.org
English-speaking riders are carving leading positions in this three week cycle race.
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the history of the ubiquitous, and not so humble, potato | book and other reviews at abelard.org
Perhaps potatoes could help feed the famished populations of the world - this book would suggest it could be workable. But perhaps not, when remebering the Irish Famine, caused by an overwhelming monoculture collapsed from disease.
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once again obarma makes an idiot of himself - even his 'elitist' leftist fossil media is giggling at him now | politics usa news at abelard.org
Another example of the results of Senator Obama's political inexperience and naivete.
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are the chinese commies finally starting to see some sense? | politics news at abelard.org
Panda diplomacy around the Yellow Sea.
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how america and britain handle a credit crisis | economics news at abelard.org
Why the United States of America is economically stronger than the United Kingdom.
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elephant paintings | behaviour and intelligence news at abelard.org
Endangered Asian elephants, whose natural habitat nolonger exists, helped to earn a living, and recover from the horrors of illegal logging and violent treatment. From the auroran sunset
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on leaving islam | world of fundamentalism news at abelard.org
Some of the better, and the worse, aspects of this world religion "of peace".
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on oil prices | economics news at abelard.org
Why higher prices is good for the planet, and for enterprise.
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