Word: globe
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Ueberroth, 47, masterminded a triumph that involved four-fifths of the nations of the globe. The bottom line, in terms of both money and morale, was more than impressive. Traditionally, the Olympics have lost money. In 1976 Montreal was left with a $1 billion debt, and Canadian taxpayers are still paying off the loss. This year, for the first time, the Games received almost no government funds and ended up with an unimaginable surplus of $215 million --and the sum could reach $250 million by June. To do this, Ueberroth mustered a force of 72,000, about half of them...
There will be no Saturday or Sunday delivery of any papers this month, and no delivery of the Globe or Times during exams. Your subscription price did not include charges for these days...
...Clouds of dust and smoke block sun's rays, then spread over vast areas of the globe, causing ground temperatures to fall. Much of the soot in lower troposphere is eventually washed out by rain, but clouds higher up continue to block sun for weeks or months. The particles that reach stratosphere could remain for a year or more...
...Yale economist speculated in The Globe on Wednesday that "the immediate reason is that the President doesn't want people around like Martin Feldstein...
...former Cambridge mayor whipped off a strongly worded letter to. The Boston Globe criticizing Harvard's handling of the visit Last week of Anglican Archbishop and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu...