Word: abouts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is a very dangerous trend in this country, and in the world in general, to focus attention on problems of current popular interest, leaving other equally pressing but less publicized matters unaddressed. Saving our forests is certainly a very popular issue these days. Thousands have responded to increased media...
Americans tend to put off worrying about environmental problems until these problems reach dangerous proportions. For example, we have pushed the fossil fuel problem under the carpet. Forgetting this once-trendy environmental issue, we have begun buying larger, less gas-efficient cars again. Similarly, Americans seem to be all too...
Americans could avoid so many severe environmental crises by merely looking ahead occasionally. What can the Harvard community do? We can look beyond the trendy issues of the day and work to preserve the environment as a whole. A problem shouldn't have to reach emergency proportions and appear on...
Two astronomers at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics--Professor of Astronomy Margaret Geller and Professor of Astronomy John Huchra--recently announced their discovery of a "Great Wall" of galaxies numbering about 1700.
Some scientists, while intrigued by the discoveries, preached caution. "Definite conclusions cannot be made," said University of California at Berkeley Professor Joseph Silk. "Although this is a significant breakthrough, we must examine different areas of the universe before we make definite conclusions, or many theories about the universe will be...