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...This year the earth spoke, like God warning Noah of the deluge. Its message was loud and clear, and suddenly people began to listen, to ponder what portents the message held. In the U.S., a three-month drought baked the soil from California to Georgia, reducing the country's grain harvest by 31% and killing thousands of head of livestock. A stubborn seven-week heat wave drove temperatures above 100 degrees F across much of the country, raising fears that the dreaded "greenhouse effect" -- global warming as a result of the buildup of carbon dioxide and other gases...
...with the faded green bag continues to stalk the Bowery and its tributaries, staying clear of "the tough people, who have gloves anyway," and seeking out "the little old guy who is frightened of people." Sometimes he hands gloves to men who are muttering aimlessly over the rubble of their lives, barely aware of what they are clutching; some quickly trade them in for a pint of cheap wine. "It doesn't make any difference. When you give a gift...
...powerful country, with a heavy responsibility for taking a leading role in bankrolling solutions to the environmental crisis. Japan has long shied away from assuming a major place in international affairs because of its militaristic adventures of the 1930s and '40s, but as Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita has made clear, his country realizes its international duty and is willing to shoulder...
Shamir is the clear winner in Israel's battle to control a new and more complicated diplomatic environment. To cement his authority, Shamir refused to repeat the 1984 unity agreement under which each party in turn held the Prime Minister's chair. Reinforcing the government's shift to the right is the appointment of Likud's Moshe Arens, the hawkish former Ambassador to Washington, to replace Labor leader Shimon Peres as Foreign Minister in Shamir's 26-member Cabinet. Peres, under strong pressure from his party to ensure a government bailout of the troubled Histadrut labor federation and the kibbutz...
When Glantz's forecasting technique is applied to the rest of the world, two things become clear. One is that virtually every long-term environmental change is occurring in miniature somewhere on the planet, whether it is a regional warming trend in sub-Saharan Africa or the vanishing coastline in Louisiana. The other is that Homo sapiens is an immensely resourceful species, with an impressive ability to accommodate sweeping change. In countries and regions hit by climatic upheavals, people have come up with a variety of solutions that are likely to have broad applicability to the global problems of tomorrow...