Word: cosmopolitanism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cosmopolitan virus does raise questions about the globalization of epidemics, and some analysts believe climate change may be having an effect on the spread of such diseases. "You could never with any certainty tie a disease of this type to global warming," says Gorman. "But there?s an argument being made that climate change may change patterns of disease ?- some plant and animal forms are certainly occurring further north than we?ve ever seen them before." Not much comfort to beleaguered New Yorkers suffering almost nightly pesticide bombardment from the mayor?s helicopters. And if climate change is a factor...
Past winners from the contest's 42-year history include home decorating guru Martha Stewart, Cosmopolitan editor Kate White and speech-pathologist-to-the-stars Lillian Glass...
...talk to anybody who?s unhappy about the move," says TIME Berlin (formerly Bonn) bureau chief Charles Wallace. "Even Chancellor Schroeder himself has said, somewhat controversially, that Bonn was a small town where there was nothing to do but think about government. Berlin is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, with plenty to think about besides government...
...between white and minority households online growing by six percent. "This is a problem not only for the minorities who are missing out, this is a problem for the Web," says TIME technology writer Chris Taylor. "This makes the Web a whiter place, makes it country-club instead of cosmopolitan. And that betrays some of the Web?s promise...