Others saw the report as catching up with other indicators that have spelled weakness, such as plunging consumer confidence.
And the surge in South African obesity is simply one more sign that, from Cape Town to Cairo, a continent for too long seen as the poor relation is catching up with the rest of the world as it rapidly grows and urbanises.
This area could be seen as a risk for contamination since the personnel catching the turkeys can break the hygiene barriers during collection of the female birds.
"Youth culture is historically seen as British and American with the rest of the world catching up, but today there are fantastic street style blogs coming from places like Helsinki, Tehran, Jakarta.
A report by the commissioner outlined several problems which prevented such pupils catching up with their peers: PRUs were seen as "the Cinderella service" with inconsistent practices and poor resourcing.
Mr Blair himself frets that his government is seen as "out of touch", and calls for "eye-catching initiatives".
In the early years, the task of spy catching and rooting out subversives was seen as a game, an intellectual challenge, deadly but honorable.
Rampant graft in public administration is seen as a key factor slowing the small Black Sea state's progress in catching up with its wealthier EU peers.
Auroras were seen as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph networks failed across the Northern Hemisphere, in some cases even catching fire.
On top of the continuation of androgynous styles for women, men have embraced "what used be to be seen as atypical metrosexual use of beautifiers, silky scarves and jewelry," she said, in addition to tailored suits and eye-catching hats.
