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...sooner did Murdoch lighten his debt load than he began running again. The acquisition of STAR TV, which can reach an Asian audience of 13 million, potentially brings two-thirds of mankind within his direct-to-the-home satellite grasp. To help finance the deal, Murdoch is selling his 50% stake in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, one of the world's most profitable papers...
Gorbachev knows firsthand what mankind can do to the environment. "I first saw the dangers in Stavropol, where poor farming practices produced sandstorms that carried away topsoil," he said during an interview with TIME. While in the Kremlin, he confronted one horror story after another of skies blackened by smokestacks, rivers ruined by toxic wastes and fields flooded by ill- conceived dams. "Farmers rebelled against these outrages," he said, "but because of the command system, their revolt was not heard." Then came the explosion of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, which "was the final argument. All of us then...
...believe that the Human Genome Project is the single most important scientific endeavor that mankind has undertaken," said Collins. "There's...plenty of opportunity for creativity, innovation and advancement...
...committed murder to fill my stomach. But as a woman, I became a prostitute." It is a choice being forced upon too many. Along the highway of cheap love that now circles the globe, the cost in destroyed lives has become a blight to rival any of the depredations mankind has inflicted on itself...
...furthermore, Harvard has a million sports. Again, to meet the needs of the entire student body, the school offers every sport known to mankind. That leaves the difficult question for a potential fan. Should he go to the hockey game, or bobsled match? The baseball game or the tractor pull competition...