Word: globe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rather, he spends a good deal of time criss-crossing the globe to carry out a vow he made years ago while still in college: "to devote some segment of my time and knowledge and ability to what I would broadly call the securing of peace in the world--the securing of justice." Since the 1950s the focus of his efforts has been the nuclear arms race, and he has worked closely with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an organization that actively encourages the peaceful resolution of conflicts in the United States and abroad, to reduce what Mendelsohn considers...
...faulty figures. He says Rostker's numbers do not account for such variables as recent demographic changes and fraudulent registration cards, submitted by Michael Mouse, Donald Duck and others. After suggests that a more accurate estimation of the response to registration is 75 per cent, a figure The Boston Globe published two weeks ago after conducting a survey of scattered post office districts containing 11 per cent of the national population...
Rather, he spends a good deal of time criss-crossing the globe to carry out a vow he made years ago while still in college: "to devote some segment of my time and knowledge and ability to what I would broadly call the securing of peace in the world--the securing of justice." Since the 1950s the focus of his efforts has been the nuclear arms race, and he has worked closely with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an organization that actively encourages the peaceful resolution of conflicts in the United States and abroad, to reduce what Mendelsohn considers...
...large part of international politics today is a ritual followed by 50 or so men and women around the globe trying to figure out each morning what their counterparts in other nations are truly thinking. From these deductions, armies are massed and shifted, resources expended and freedoms enlarged or restrained...
...example, Ford confirmed that it was continuing discussions on a deal with Toyota to build cars in the U.S. Some observers predict that mergers among the world's 30 major auto producers will finally result in perhaps only nine superfirms doing business in all parts of the globe. Three of these might be based in the U.S., three in Japan and three in Europe. In addition, there will probably be a few low-volume specialty companies such as Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Benz...