Word: globe
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...planet and support nearly 50% of earth's known species. A single hectare (2.5 acres) of this lush arboreal growth may include more than 100 species of tree, each with its own interdependent colonies of plants and animals. But in the past several hundred years, the area of the globe covered by rain forest has decreased by some 44%. According to one U.N. study, 23,000 sq. mi. of rain forests are cut down every year -- an area about the size of West Virginia. One World Resources Institute staffer calculated that developers leveled 350 sq. mi. of rain forest while...
...considering just a fine-tuning of the curriculum" but a "recasting of the education mission," he told The Boston Globe...
...AMERICAN people wanted to hear that Reagan was saddling up his war horse to kick Khaddafy's rump off the globe. The press wanted the big scoop. As The Boston Globe quoted one Administration insider, reporters often run stories when supplied with unsubstantiated tips. Although inside information on national security policy may be tightly controlled, reporters must be wary of ulterior motives lurking behind leaked information...
Frank L. McNamara '69, a former Navy officer and Pentagon intelligence officer, will be formally nominated in the next few days, the Boston Globe reported Thursday. He faces Senate confirmation before assuming the office...
...believe there is going to be a mad rush," Alex Rodriquez, chairman of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, told The Boston Globe...