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By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, amid claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier fare.

a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions.

PepsiCo is to spend billions of dollars to develop drinks and snacks and reformulate existing ones with lower sugar, salt and fat, as consumers demand healthier options and regulatory pressure intensifies amid an obesity epidemic.

The violence came amid increasing international concern about Islamic State extremists in Libya.

Amid all the changes, Antarctica maintains its allure.

Amid the current concerns about the federal deficit, reaching toward the stars seems a dispensable luxury—as if saving one-thousandth of a single year's budget would solve our problems.

Amid all the job losses, there's no category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.

Thirst grows for living unplugged More people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania

It's a fact not lost on American educators, who amid rising math failure rates are debating how math can better meet the real-life needs of students.

The findings come amid growing concern over the future of the Antarctic.

The report, published on Tuesday, comes amid growing concern about the impact of fishing and climate change on the Antarctic.