Word: globe
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...only one force in a very large and cantankerous world. Indeed, even as the park custodians were cleaning up the Mall after the march, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that in the previous twelve months world population climbed 82.1 million, the largest gain in the history of this weary globe. In the view of Lester Brown of Worldwatch Institute, which monitors global stress, population is the most awesome problem. Masses of people shouldering each other for food, space, wealth and dignity are at the root of most wars. Nothing was said about this down on the Mall...
...would be electronically routed to Challenger through the troubled Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TORS), which failed to reach its proper orbit for more than two months after its April launch. The satellite is supposed to enable continuous transmissions from space to ground while the shuttles orbit around the globe. TDRS made successful hookups with Challenger earlier in the mission, but by the time Reagan placed his call, the $1 billion radio relay system was temporarily on the fritz. The cause: computer failure at the radio receiving station in White Sands, N. Mex. So Reagan's call was routed...
Last season, in his senior year at Acton-Boxboro, the 5-ft., 10-in, forward scored 62 goals, a new state record. He won the John Carlton Memorial Trophy, given annually by the Boston Bruins to the state's best high school hockey player, and was The Boston Globe's Division I Player of the Year. He finished his four years with 289 points, surpassing the old Massachusetts record held by Robbie Ftorek...
...Garza's globetrotting is hardly unique. He is only one of many who seem to take advantage of the public purse in pursuing junkets around the globe. A report released last week by Congress Watch, a Washington-based public interest group founded by Ralph Nader, documents the travel of all Senators and Congressmen for a 2 ½-year period ending June 30, 1983: 991 trips that reached 114 countries. Some members did no traveling: 44% of Congressmen and 37% of Senators stayed at home during the period. Others traveled moderately and with a clear purpose in mind...
However perplexing the problems in other parts of the globe, President Reagan has always seemed at ease in dealing with Mexico. Shortly before his Inauguration, the former California Governor signaled that Mexico would be at the top of his foreign policy agenda by making a courtesy call on José López Portillo, who was then President. Reagan made a second trip south of the border to offer neighborly greetings to López Portillo's successor, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado. But when the President traveled to Mexico for a return visit with De la Madrid last...