Word: englands
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Wilkes cited a study by the National Academy of Sciences that found that at least 50 million acres of rainforest a year are lost--an area the size of England, Wales and Scotland combined. These areas are home to about half the five to 10 million plant and animal species on the globe. Unless action is taken, the report says, by the year 2000 one-fifth of the remaining rainforest will disappear, destroying about half-a-million species...
Marden, employed in a London brokerage firm and rowing for the Thames Tradesmens Rowing Club of England, was clocked at 21:03.71, slightly behind her time of 20:46.17 last year...
...Penn A.C., loaded with world-class rowers, won the men's championship eights for the second year in a row. Penn won in 15:34.16, followed by the Tideway Scullers of England in 15:50.87, and Nottingham County Rowing Association of England...
...missionary spirit has always hovered over the U.S.'s relations with far- off, backward lands. In the mid-19th century, New England ministers went abroad to save souls. A century later, foreign aid technocrats preached the virtues of hydroelectric dams and other megaprojects. Now a new generation of globe-trotting officials is spreading the gospel of environmentalism...
...five-match round-robin, but for all practical purposes, it is a three-team battle. Brown (ranked 13th in the country), UMass (ranked 17th), and Harvard (ranked 19th) will all be shooting for the crown which will determine the all-important number-one seeding for the New England Championships in two weeks...