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...most important questions for the coming decade is whether this new trend of regionalization ends up being compatible with globalization. The answer will depend largely on whether GATT continues to nudge the world toward one giant free-trade zone. If GATT survives, the odds are better that regionalism will give way to transregionalism, just as nationalism has already given way to transnationalism in Western Europe. If, however, GATT dies, the opposite could happen: the temptation to form regional clubs could, over time, supplant and undermine global cohesion. Europe, North America and East Asia may evolve into three internally open...
...symptoms include accelerating deforestation and loss of species, and growing atmospheric pollution by greenhouse gases and the ozone-eating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCS). The full list is familiar. The causes are rooted in our growing numbers and the complexities of society's interaction with the natural world upon which we depend...
...hard to assess how much can actually be achieved at Rio. But it is clear that there will be plenty to do afterward, and it is not too soon to think about how new strategies might be most effectively pursued. Certainly we cannot depend on periodic mechanisms like the Earth Summit, which manage to be both ponderous and convulsive at the same time. There is a need for an interim continuing structure like the Security Council within the United Nations. An alternative might be a voluntary mechanism like the Group of Seven meetings, but one that includes some...
...make a deal. Another way of reducing risk is to depend on proven hitmakers. CBS and ABC in particular have signed a number of top creators to ! exclusive long-term deals. These favored producers not only are virtually assured of getting their shows on the air; they seem to have a lock on the best time periods as well. Diane English's new CBS comedy Love and War, for example, will have the all-but-foolproof spot following English's current hit, Murphy Brown. Hearts Afire, the new series from Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, will also get an enviable time period...
Turow pointed to his own life story as evidence that for the graduating seniors, facing a job market that offers scarce opportunities, success would depend mostly on "being at the right place, at the right time...