Word: globes
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...that tens of thousands of demonstrators from around the globe will make chilly, rainy Seattle a hot town next week--the scene of marches, teach-ins, street theater and uncivil disobedience? This vintage '60s protest fest is prompted, incongruously, by the first American gathering of the WTO, a sober, 135-nation group that sets the rules for international commerce. Thousands of trade ministers, politicians and their staffs will hunker down by Puget Sound to launch a new multiyear round of wrangling over how to promote exports--and, as much as possible, avoid one another's imports...
This is especially significant at a time when the demands on UN resources are increasing around the globe. UN humanitarian efforts and peacekeeping missions will ensure that the dues will be money well spent...
...Senate's recent rejection of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was a huge disappointment to many Americans. The U.S.'s allies and friends responded to this vote with universal shock. I have been besieged by calls from around the globe. All express concern. Some commentators have used the vote to proclaim the death of arms control. But the obituaries are premature...
From London to India, and from Senegal to Israel, last year's Weissman interns went all over the globe. But certain characteristics of the program seem to be consistent...
Giebfried said the role of peer pressure and media images in teenagers who begin to smoke is particularly alarming, and praised the commitment by the Boston Globe not to run smoking ads this month. He said groups are trying to pressure the Boston Herald to adopt the same policy...