Word: humanize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ultimately, no problem may be more threatening to the earth's environment than the proliferation of the human species. Today the planet holds more than 5 billion people. During the next century, world population will double, with 90% of that growth occurring in poorer, developing countries. African nations are expanding at the fastest rate. During the next 30 years, for example, the population of Kenya (annual growth rate: 4%) will jump from 23 million to 79 million; Nigeria's population (growth rate: 3%) will soar from 112 million to 274 million. Expansion is slower in Brazil, China, India and Indonesia...
Sooner or later the earth's human inhabitants, so used to adapting the environment to suit their needs, will be forced to adapt themselves to the environment's demands. When that day comes, how will societies respond? How well will the world cope with the long-term changes that are likely to be in store...
...real love story is filial. As Daddy nears the end game, the book presents its sole ambiguity as father and son compete for the title role. Is the innocent American fit for parentage? Or has the little French garcon acquired a more mature knowledge of human treachery and altruism? Debating the question, Europeans have driven Thomas' adventure to the top of their best-seller lists. It is likely to have a commensurate success in the U.S., where some people fondly remember Father Knows Best and the rest are aware that outsmarting adults is one of youth's most hallowed traditions...
...Jersey swamp, on a Haitian beach or in the Indian Ocean -- simply shifts potentially hazardous waste from one place to another. The practice only underscores the enormity of what has become an urgent global dilemma: how to reduce the gargantuan waste by-products of civilization without endangering human health or damaging the environment...
...product of coal mines and metal smelters, roils Polish waters in the Bay of Gdansk. Hong Kong, with 5.7 million people and 49,000 factories within its 400 sq. mi., dumps 1,000 tons of plastic a day -- triple the amount thrown away in London. Stinking garbage and human excrement despoils Thailand's majestic River of Kings. Man's effluent is more than an assault on the senses. When common garbage is burned, it spews dangerous gases into the air. Dumped garbage and industrial waste can turn lethal when corrosive acids, long-lived organic materials and discarded metals leach...