The worst part was that she had allodynia, the medical term for the phenomenon that I just illustrated with the feather and with the torch.

Someone once asked me, Who is better or worse, is it Unilever or is it P G when it comes to their impact on rainforests in Indonesia?

Worse, as competition for promotion within the Chinese bureaucracy has escalated, even fake academic credentials and GDP growth records have become insufficient to advance one s career.

What is worse, the argument goes, the expectation of monetary financing would drive governments to borrow excessively. This could trigger a vicious circle of mounting debt and uncontrollable inflation, with devastating consequences.

No one doubts the impact that major multinational corporations and terrorist organizations can have, for better or worse. But the role of a number of international non governmental organizations (INGOs) has been more significant than is generally recognized, and what makes the best of them tick is worth exploring.

Worse, as competition for promotion within the Chinese bureaucracy has escalated, even fake academic credentials and GDP growth records have become insufficient to advance one s career. What increasingly determines an official s prospects for promotion is his guanxi, or connections.

Let the world recall that Gaza s crisis is a manmade disaster. And let the world take note that conditions are worse today than at any time since the occupation began. Seventy nine percent of Gaza s households live in poverty eight out of ten depend on food assistance.

As in any such relationship, all parties want to get the lion s share of the gain, but some get the short end of the stick. Yet, without the relationship, there would be no stick.