Word: levelness
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...increase in sea level will have disastrous effects on our country,” Tong said, “well before the half-meter rise projected by scientists in the next 50 years...
...comprises 32 atolls—small coral islands—and one virtually unscalable rock island dispersed across 4,000 kilometers of the Pacific Ocean. Most of the land is situated at an elevation of less than two meters and is therefore particularly at risk from rises in sea-level caused by climate change...
...Tong, for whom this issue has been pressingly clear for over a decade, bemoaned the lack of interest and focus this problem has received on the international level...
...Morgan faced a situation fraught with the risks and potential rewards that come with buying a company with $395 billion in total assets,” he said, “Were these assets valued at the right level, and if so, how much could the assets deteriorate by before becoming a big problem for JP Morgan...
...subject that Sen has focused on for much of his career. In his lecture, Sen outlined the Enlightenment-era divergence in theories of social justice that produced two main philosophical positions: transcendental institutionalism, which focuses on the nature of a perfectly just society, and realization-focused comparisons, which compare levels of justice in societies. The former approach, advocated by Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, draws a clear line between the just and unjust while the comparative theory, influenced by the writings of Adam Smith and Mary Wollstonecraft, discriminates between degrees of justice. A proponent of the realization-focused comparisons...