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Queen Elizabeth II of Britain and Pope John Paul II are figures on the world stage of such luster that they turn almost any trip into a journalistic superevent. Since her journey to South Africa in 1946, her first visit abroad, Elizabeth has logged about 800,000 miles to far-flung dominions and friendly former colonies, more than the combined journeys of all of England's previous monarchs since the Norman conquest. In only four years, John Paul has flown 150,000 miles, more than the previous record holder, Paul VI, traveled in his entire 15-year pontificate. Both...
...learn modes of inquiry, but also to gain an educated person's familiarity with a subject outside his major--be it Fine Arts 13, History 71, or Shakespeare--must do so by sacrificing two of a precious eight elective slots. These slots are also expected to suffice for truly far-flung intellectual exploration, such as cross-registration, freshman false starts, or esoteric departmental offerings. Even students who wish to take an introductory computer course--certainly a "mode of inquiry" in itself--now receive no Core credit for doing...
...experimental satellite called AT56 (for Applications Technology Satellite), which, from its position over the Indian Ocean, relayed programs on such topics as farming and family planning from New Delhi to millions of villagers. AT56 was eventually parked over the Pacific, where it was a vital communications link for the far-flung islands of Micronesia. But not all countries welcome the messages from the sky. The Soviet Union and its East bloc allies, as well as many Third World countries, oppose any transmissions from space not authorized by them. Presumably, they object to programming with a Western political accent...
Kearns agrees with some of the criticism. But he contends that Xerox is perhaps in a better position now than at any time since the 1960s to take advantage of its strengths: technical expertise, a far-flung sales and service network and a willingness to learn from past mistakes...
...they survive their far-flung travels, that is. Because the migratory patterns of Atlantic salmon are well known, commercial fishermen can easily catch the fish either at their feeding grounds or as they are about to return to their rivers. With increasing clamor, Scots are blaming the shortage of salmon in Scottish rivers on the perfectly legal, internationally negotiated agreements that allow fishermen from numerous European nations to net salmon in the open North Atlantic...