Word: fossilizing
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Historian Arnold Toynbee, in A Study of History, referred to the Jewish religion as a "fossil," and further nettled Jews by blaming the Old Testament's exclusivism for what he views as the evil intolerance of Christianity. In the current number of the journal Issues, published by the anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism, Historian Toynbee changes his tune-or at least transposes it to a different key. Judaism, he now says, is performing a pioneering role in the development of a religion for the Atomic...
Some scientists suspect that the ever-increasing amount of fossil fuel that is burned may be increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They fear that the added CO-will have a "greenhouse effect," trapping solar heat at the earth's surface and raising its temperature. The result may be unpleasant changes of climate, including deserts in many places that are now fertile, and a disastrous rise of sea level because of melting icecaps. A cure might be a world agreement to use nuclear reactors wherever possible. They excrete...