Word: environmentalism
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On the night of Sept. 17-18, according to an Australian Defence Force spokesman, a special forces patrol was moving to "conduct a planned activity" when it was fired on. The Australians "fired back in self-defense." The ADF spokesman says "a number of groups" including Afghan police were involved...
Heroes of the Environment Thank you for your special issue celebrating the heroes who are striving for a cleaner environment [Oct. 6]. They are truly deserving of our admiration and help. However, they all are swimming against the tide of world population growth. All of us are morally bound to...
Late last month, the New York Times ran an obituary for reclusive Hungarian artist Simon Hantaï. A relative unknown in America, Hantaï was one of the more innovative figures in 20th-century Continental art, producing works ranging from the “Écriture Rose�...
Overall: As promised, he was comfortable in a town-hall environment, directing his attention to the individual questioner and the crowd. The Arizona Senator was by turns aggressive, sensitive, conservative and conversational. Successfully presented a negative case against Obama with an upbeat, optimistic smile - but was unable to paint a...
Despite its lock on an electoral majority, the ANC standing has slipped irrevocably in recent years as a result of a series of scandals over corruption, incompetence and abuse of power. Millions of black South Africans also remain afflicted by much the same poverty and squalor they endured under apartheid...