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Many environmental protection lawsuits turn on the question of who has standing; are the legal issues limited to property owners, or does the general public have a right to intervene?


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The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) is proposing that all advertising of junk food products be banned from television programming until after 9pm. The measure is designed to counter the obesity epidemic in children. Recent figures now indicate that almost 1/3 of children under 16 are overweight, and 17% are clinically obese. Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, warned that such a ban would cost television channels nearly $261 million.

DEFINITION: (noun) A censer used in certain ecclesiastical ceremonies or liturgies. SYNONYMS: censer. USAGE: As the priest swung the thurible, incense poured out the holes in its lid.

Kinsey was an American biologist noted for his 1948 study Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Based upon thousands of interviews, the study revealed a greater variety of sexual behavior than had previously been suspected and generated much controversy. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Kinsey's study of female sexuality are still the bestselling scientific books of all time. Who starred in the 2004 biographical film about Kinsey's life?

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, that was founded by Pierre de Coubertin with the aim of reinstating the Ancient Olympic Games that were held in Greece (776 BCE - 396 ACE). Today, the IOC provides a single legal entity which owns copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible properties associated with the Olympic games; it owns and administers the Olympic logos, for example. When and where were the first modern Summer Olympics held?

The Fabergé eggs, 50 jeweled "Easter eggs," were created for the Russian tsars by famed jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé between 1885 and 1917. The 1st egg was made in 1885, when Tsar Alexander III of Russia commissioned it as an Easter surprise for his wife, Maria Fyodorovna. The tsarina was so delighted with the gift that Alexander requested an egg each year thereafter, stipulating only that it be unique and contain a surprise. Nicholas II continued the tradition. Where are the eggs today?