Word: airing
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...scientific community," says Washington correspondent Dick Thompson, "the debate is largely settled that the global warming trend is human-induced and the result of industrial emissions into the air." The real debate is not whether the trend will continue, but how abruptly the temperature will rise. "Scientists are not sure whether world temperatures will rise linearly, "says Thompson, "or whether there's a threshold beyond which temperatures will skyrocket." Such dramatic warming periods, over as little as a decade, have already occurred in the history of the Earth. And if one were to occur again now, the ecological and social...
...make a bit of difference to the Pentagon. "Bill Cohen's word all along has been that the U.S. wouldn't 'initiate' an attack during Ramadan," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "But they won't stop now before they're finished." That meant a fourth round of air strikes in Baghdad Saturday...
...have my own bathroom, heat, water, and air conditioning," says second-year HBS student and Morris Hall resident Kathleen H. Gasuad. "They come and clean, take out my garbage... It's a Pretty good deal...
Faced with the long-range bombing efforts of Dartmouth last night, Harvard's offense looked as feeble in attempting to repulse the northern invaders as the Iraqi air defense...
Wall Street greeted the air strikes right after the close of trading Wednesday with all the excitement of a mid-season basketball game, and Thursday is about the same. "There was absolutely no sense of real worry or panic when word started circulating in the markets yesterday," said one floor trader. "People on the trading floor were taking bets on what time the first air strike would occur." In fact, the markets were almost relieved by the bombing of Iraq, since it delayed an impeachment vote and has cast President Clinton in a strong leadership stance. Oil stocks that spiked...