Word: fossilizing
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...track to become the world?s most populous nation and in need of power to fuel its surging economy. What?s more, the country?s own coal is particularly dirty and polluting and no one concerned about global warming wants to see India stay as reliant on fossil fuels. The U.S. is eager to cement its ties with India as well as reap the economic benefits of selling billions of dollars in nuclear equipment to India at a time when America?s nuclear power industry hasn?t built a new plant in over 30 years. More importantly, U.S. India relations...
...used to appear in maps until just over a century ago. The surreal waters of Latin America reveal two very different paths forward and today’s horizon acquires the sadly familiar shape of uncertainty. One of those paths tries to materialize El Dorado, in the form of fossil fuels rather than gold and further vanquishing democratic institutions. The other is a harder path to follow, considering that shortsighted foreign powers often advance their immediate economic interests and create larger problems than the ones they attempt to solve. After all, the dark shadows of Pinochet and Noriega are still...
Despite our best efforts, illusions invariably end. And if leaders like Morales choose the wrong waters for their already beaten barges, they will only condemn their constituencies to poverty and instability when commodity prices fall or fossil fuels run out. The end to García Márquez’s “hundred years of solitude” for this region might lie in la gauche, but only in a lawful, democratic and realist...
This ancient favorite is quickly becoming part of the “fossil record” of Harvard undergraduate course history. The course is being offered for the fourth time this spring, according to Professor of Biology and Geology Charles R. Marshall, who wrote in an e-mail that the fun material—which is “interesting, lively, accessible, and not too complex for non-majors”—is a large factor in its continuing appeal. “Dinosaurs” also provides students the opportunity to place the scenes of Jurassic Park...
This ancient favorite is quickly becoming part of the “fossil record” of Harvard undergraduate course history. The course is being offered for the fourth time this spring, according to Professor of Biology and Geology Charles R. Marshall, who wrote in an e-mail that the fun material—which is “interesting, lively, accessible, and not too complex for non-majors”—is a large factor in its continuing appeal. “Dinosaurs” also provides students the opportunity to place the scenes of Jurassic Park...