Word: environmentally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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No one should be surprised that Harvard Real Estate had the old Gulf station on Mass. Ave. torn down during Christmas break, when opponents of the University's plans for a hotel there were not around to protest. Harvard pulled the same stunt in 1955, when it demolished Shady Hill...
Besides recognizing the obvious threats to the environment and human life, the committee also noted that nuclear satellites would speed up the militarization of space. There seems to be little, if any, civilian use for nuclear power in orbit--it is too dangerous and too expensive.
...lack of attention this problem receives is emblematic of our response to environmental dangers. Environmentalists warned us for years about the possibilities of the greenhouse effect, but politicians and the media didn't talk about it until last summer's heat wave. New York Times columnist James Reston has said that "the networks will only cover the environment when you get a picture of a forest that died." Will we need a disaster the size of Chernobyl to start thinking about nuclear satellites...
"ENOUGH with the famous people!" my sister cries in disgust. "What is the study environment like? Is there a residential college system? How are the counseling services?" She rattles off the questions in a frustrated tone.
The U.S. has made significant strides in pollution control and energy conservation during the past 15 years, but the country remains the world's biggest user of natural resources and a major despoiler of the global environment. Because of the size of its economy, the U.S. consumes one-fourth of...