When corn came to Europe from Mexico, now they had a much hardier crop that could be grown easily in more northerly climates and the centers of power began to shift accordingly.
Spain would be better off now if it had never adopted the euro - but trying to leave would create a huge banking crisis, as depositors raced to move their money elsewhere.
Bellieni pointed out the power of television was strong and it could be harmful for children if it was stronger than the force made by the mother to distract children.
Over the next 140 days, we were moved to Pyongyang, isolated from one another, repeatedly interrogated and eventually put on trial and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.
Their aim is to win a one-year tax amnesty on their foreign earnings, allowing them to repatriate that money at a tax rate of about 5%, instead of the 35% they face now.
In recent decades, our "love affair" with the car is being exported directly to the developing world, and it is increasingly apparent that this transfer is leading to disaster.