Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Proof of the reactionary role of the United States in world affairs is certainly not needed. This country is essential to the survival of virtually every right-wing dictatorial regime on the face of the earth--from Johannesburg to Teheran. Yet when confronted with the grotesque pieties emanating from the "born-again" White House, it is useful to remember that behind current U.S. policy are the former advocates of genocide in Vietnam...
...stupid and did not know what was going on," said Mazhari. "They knew. And they will continue to protest until you begin to respect them for their true worth and until the rule of law prevails. They do not want the most expensive life on the face of the earth. They want justice...
...year. Strip mining requires expensive reclamation if the land is not to be left looking like a lunar landscape. Coal-fired plants pump thousands of tons of pollutants into the environment annually, despite the installation of expensive scrubbers, which are often ineffective. Also, coal plants may heat up the earth's atmosphere, a phenomenon that could produce unknown and possibly unpleasant effects on climate...
...science prizes in only three fields-physics, chemistry and physiology-medicine; in 1969 a fourth prize was added in economics. In addition, there are prizes for literary accomplishment and for contributions to world peace. Writes Zuckerman: "The prizes cannot go, however great the importance of their contributions, to mathematicians, earth and marine scientists, astronomers, and many kinds of geologists and behavioral scientists." She notes that the rules have been bent a bit-for Radio Astronomers Martin Ryle and Anthony Hewish in 1974, and for Ethologists Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch in 1973. But still unlikely...
...Look putz," I said, "don't argue ontology with me. It's high time we all started talking about the earth, high time, you know...