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...empire occupied almost 20% of the world's landmass and included 400 million people, or 25% of the population...
...came to be more than three years ago that Lujan was made steward of the nation's natural treasures, overseeing some 440 million acres of precious wilderness, wetlands, parks and open expanses -- one-quarter of the U.S. landmass. By action and inaction, he has already left his imprint upon the American landscape while remaining largely unknown to the public -- a kind of Stealth Secretary. In speeches, Lujan has appealed for "balance" -- his favorite word -- between environmentalism and economic development. "I am not going to let anyone rape the earth," he insists. But in actuality, his policies distinctly tilt toward industry...
...Soviet stockpile, like the Soviet Union itself, mimics nuclear fission and splits into smaller pieces, the result could be a burst of proliferation throughout the Eurasian landmass. Just one example: if a free Ukraine were to have its own Bomb, Poland might want one too. Sooner or later, Germany would feel compelled to rethink its policy of remaining a nuclear have...
...Soviet Union? That huge blob of blood red that dominated maps of the Eurasian landmass for 70 years now broken up into a crazy quilt of squirming lines enclosing a kaleidoscope of colors? The concept is even harder to grasp than the idea of a noncommunist Soviet Union. There had once -- for centuries, in fact -- been something like that, in the form of the Russian empire. But no monolithic state covering that immense area -- none...
...from its nearest neighbor, and "doomed by nature . . . never once to feel the warmth of the sun's rays," in the words of 18th century explorer Captain James Cook. Even scientists studying the way the earth looked hundreds of millions of years ago have tended to ignore this solitary landmass. So it came as a surprise to many researchers last week when a pair of American geologists reported that Antarctica may not always have been so distant. In fact, about 570 million years ago, the scientists estimate, today's South Pole was probably less than a thousand miles from...