Word: findings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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McKibben says that he believes that it is possible to find a solution to the global warming problem. People who "figured out how you could build an airplane that can fly eight times the speed of sound" can invent a way to survive without damaging the planet, he says...
...hopelessly mired in anthropocentrism, but I find McKibben's argument a bit elitist. The people who would suffer most by a general cutback in technology are those who don't have a house in the mountains. Citizens of underdeveloped countries and America's own poor depend on technolgy as a means of providing food, as a gateway to better lives. Who is to be sacrificed so that the wealthy of today and tommorow can enjoy gardens...
...annotation to the text, Reagan repeatedly asserts that the speeches in the book flew forth from his own inspired pen. In some cases, this is evidently true. It is in these speeches that we find the unforgettable gaffes such as "We were told four years ago that 17 million people went to bed hungry each night...They were all on a diet...
...liberals want to find the issues that win presidential elections, they should pick up a copy of Speaking My Mind. And then offer a liberal version...
...that's crushed, a lot of debris, you usually find the people slumped over the steering wheel," said Alameda firefighter Matt Tunney, who spent the night helping remove five bodies...