Word: earths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reflects progress in the arenas of birth control, medicine, and technology. Thanks to modern healthcare, people have a longer life expectancy than ever before. A drastic reduction in the birth rates of most industrialized nations indicates that population growth is rapidly slowing. Moreover, although scientists long predicted that the earth could never support the numbers of people alive today, the ability of the human race to adapt to their environment seems (so far) to have debunked that theory. From this perspective, it would seem that we have truly become masters of our own destiny...
...environmentalist model, (humanity will succumb to natural restraints), and the economic model (human nature can circumvent such natural restraints). We may be able to bend the laws of nature a bit, but it would be both arrogant and foolish to believe that we can continue to overburden the earth indefinitely...
...time is drawing to a conclusion on this earth," Graham said, adding that his faith has given him confidence to face life after death...
...past, the club has held free biweekly showings of anime films, and this year, it aspires to hold its screenings weekly, tentatively scheduled for Saturday afternoons in Loker Commons. This semester's offerings will include Nadesico, "a romantic comedy set in the future during a war between Earth and Jupiter...
That number is expected to swell as aging baby boomers finish sending their kids to college and start looking to buy vacation or retirement homes. Explains Orrin Pilkey, professor of earth and ocean sciences at Duke University: "Here's a chance to live out life in the place where you had the best time of your life. With people who come to the beach and look for property, it's almost as if they're in heat...