Word: everlys
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...carrot is an annual $360,000 cash award -- the largest environmental prize ever -- to be split among six "grassroots heroes," each from a different region of the world. Made possible by San Francisco's Goldman Environmental Foundation, the award will recognize "important efforts to preserve or enhance the environment," from protecting endangered species to combatting pollution. The idea is to give conservationists the kind of recognition and prestige afforded to Nobel laureates. Says Richard Goldman, president of the foundation and a longtime environmental crusader: "We're trying to find people who can inspire others, people who make a difference...
Chasing after these scarce infants is harder than ever, as supply flattens and demand soars. Abortion is one reason: half of all unwanted pregnancies are now terminated. Teenage mothers intent on keeping their children are another. In some states a pregnant 15-year-old quickly learns that with a baby she can be eligible for Medicaid, food stamps and other welfare payments that total as much as $8,000 a year. If she decides on adoption, she may get nothing but the pain of loss and the ridicule of her peers. "Adoption is really unpopular in the schools," says Independent...
...neutral, unchanging backdrop. Moreover, evolution seems to have wired our brains to respond to rapid changes, the snap of a twig or a movement in the alley, and to ignore slow ones. When these consequences do start to show up, we don't notice them. Anyone who has ever been amazed by an old photograph of himself or herself can attest to the merciful ignorance of slow change, that is, aging -- Where did those clothes and that strange haircut come from? Was I really that skinny...
...argued, of course, that American resolve was what brought the Soviets around. For all the uncertainties, progress to date is largely due to an almost heedless Soviet willingness to say da. "This is an entirely different Soviet attitude than we have ever seen before," says a senior aide to Baker. But until the Administration decides what to make of that attitude, START -- and other issues -- could stay stalled...
...what New Jersey Education Commissioner Saul Cooperman calls "Mickey Mouse" education courses. Both camps agree on one point. Says Katherine Foster, 34, who gave up dentistry for the classroom to become a ninth- and tenth-grade teacher in San Benito County, Calif.: "Teaching is more rewarding than anything I ever imagined...