Word: centrally
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Galbraith's two previous novels were The Triumph, the story of a Central American dictator, and The McLandress Dimension, a tale of an inventor who, among other projects, creates a method of classifying people by the amount of time they spend not thinking about themselves...
This thought is central to The End of Nature, and it represents a highly unusual effort to look at all the ramifications of the global warming problem. Although its flaws are obvious, The End of Nature is as fresh as the endless stream of "end" theories is stale...
...corpse that has been beaten and maimed. Small twigs poke out of sockets that once contained eyes. The body bears a gash from groin to throat, apparently made to kill the victim by disemboweling him. "This was in the village of Masis," says ; Huseynov, referring to a town in central Armenia. "I can show you his death certificate if you want...
...fact, Haavelmo's prize reflected a situation that is unique to the award for economics. The Nobel Prizes were first given in 1901, but the economics citation was not added until 1969, when it was established by Sweden's central bank. That late start has prompted the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to choose many older economists whose work could not be recognized when it was first published. "They're clearing up the backlog," says Harvard economist Zvi Griliches, who hailed this year's choice. "They haven't got to the point of recognizing something interesting that happened...
...Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Sandra Burton, Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...