Food prices rose sharply in the first half of last year, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), after severe weather in some of the world's biggest food exporting countries in 2010 damaged supplies.
People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo. Wayne Coyne
The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand. Juan Manuel Fangio
As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar. Rick Renzi
Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me. Sarah Polley
BP's new cap over its damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well may not have been as successful as the company had hoped after engineers detected seepage and a possible methane gas leak on the seabed.
guardian.co.uk, Monday 19 July 2010, Matthew Weaver
If the bailee doesn't use reasonable care, and as a result of his negligence your car is damaged or stolen, he may be held liable to you for your loss.
New York Magazine - 28 Jan 1980 - Page 69
So I constantly play women who are damaged and out of touch, who are seeking without knowing, or knowing without the skills to transform their lives. But then, that's really the fate of many women today. Olympia Dukakis
We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be.
John Astin
I was slightly brain damaged at birth, and I want people like me to see that they shouldn't let a disability get in the way. I want to raise awareness - I want to turn my disability into ability. Susan Boyle