Word: 21st
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Marco Polo takes place on an island off Norway at the end of 1999, in the early light of the 21st century. Diane and Stony McBride (Madeline Kahn and Joel Grey) are the fun couple of the '90s: he is directing a movie about Marco Polo, and she is having an affair with Tom Wintermouth (Chris Sarandon), a global Mr. Fixit who has ingeniously resolved the Arab-Israeli crisis by creating the state of Saudi Israel...
...Houston managed to wax his boards adequately and finished in 21st place, his best finish as a Harvard skier...
...cheers me to learn that "world resources can support a growing population well into the 21st century" [Oct. 25]. Now what about the end of the 21st century and the centuries after that...
Sitting in his new office on the 21st floor of the John F. Kennedy Federal building in Boston last week, Markey still seemed a bit uncomfortable talking about his own career. The week before, he-had visited Washington, D.C. for the first time, and talked with Congressional leaders about committee assignments and how to put together his new staff. Although Markey is aware of the high Congressional re-election rate and could look forward to a long career in Congress if he wants it, he seems to be planning only for the immediate future. Markey said he hadn't really...
There is little joy in the reported conclusion of the Leontief study [Oct. 25] that "world resources can support a growing population well into the 21st century." This hardly alters the situation perceived by both the doomsayers and the realists-that we are in trouble. I am not optimistic that the "extra" 50 or 75 years will be time enough...