Word: globalizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fail to address what Y6B ultimately means for the future of the planet. Unfortunately, the answer to "what is the impact of a rapidly rising human population?" is not as easily obtained as the statistics, which can only make a feeble attempt to describe what should be a major global concern...
...announcement by the U.N. has dredged up all the old population growth fears first vocalized during the 1960s, fears which included starvation due to the overuse of farmland, worldwide epidemics, irreparable damage to countless species and habitats, and even global chaos and anarchy. Forty years and 3 billion people later, we seem only a few small steps closer to understanding and solving the problem of widescale overcrowding. It's a multifaceted battle that pits the optimists against the pessimists and the economists against the ecologists...
...which will help consumers search for and buy music on the Internet, has raised enough money to move into spacious new digs in Menlo Park next month. Right now, the company is "incubating," renting two rooms in a dreary high-rise for $3,800 a month from HQ Global, a company that leases temporary office space. There are 10 other start-ups in the building. "It's not very cost-efficient office space," says MongoMusic's 28-year-old CEO, Jeremy Hinman, "unless you pack people...
Moreover, that 180-m.p.h. speed limit pertains only to present conditions. There's now a wild card in the climatic deck, observes M.I.T. atmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel: global warming. Over coming decades, atmospheric pollution and the greenhouse effect are expected to heat not just the air but also the surface of the oceans, and it is the thermal energy of that water that fuels typhoons and hurricanes. As a rule of thumb, according to Emanuel, wind speeds increase 5 m.p.h. for every additional degree Fahrenheit of water temperature. By that formula, sustained winds in future hurricanes could conceivably...
...Exhibiting graffiti is not a new idea, but the Trustman exhibit takes a fresh look at "a global art movement with origins in urban hip hop culture." The show's curators, Bob Oppenheim and Matt Clark, attempt to put Boston graffiti "in context," examining the motives of graffiti artists and writers. Inspired by a paper written by his late son, Josh, Oppenheim says the purpose of the show is not just to exhibit graffiti, but to win over the public as well...