Word: momentous
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...scientific name is the Holocene Age, but climatologists like to call our current climatic phase the Long Summer. The history of Earth's climate has rarely been smooth. From the moment life began on the planet billions of years ago, the climate has swung drastically and often abruptly from one state to another - from tropical swamp to frozen ice age. Over the past 10,000 years, however, the climate has remained remarkably stable by historical standards: not too warm and not too cold, or Goldilocks weather. That stability has allowed Homo sapiens, numbering perhaps just a few million...
...same. She said, “I didn’t think it made much sense for me to stick around and wait, and say, ‘Would this work or not?’”Gorodentsev’s vocational limbo came at an opportune moment for Sweet. When Gorodentsev asked the finance guru how she could assist him in light of his impending departure, Sweet’s answer was prompt: “He said, ‘Well, actually, there is something you can do.’” Gorodentsev recalled.Late...
...this process forward so we can sign San José immediately." Arias and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while not endorsing Zelaya's theatrics, agreed that "this is the best opportunity, now that Zelaya is back in the country," to ink the accord, said Arias. Clinton called the moment "opportune" to restore Zelaya and "get on with the election that is currently scheduled for November, have a peaceful transition of presidential authority and get Honduras back to constitutional and democratic rule...
...happier, healthier Macau is exactly what Beijing wants right now. The 10-year anniversary of Macau's handover to Chinese rule from Portugal arrives in December, and so will a new chief executive to govern the city - a perfect moment to highlight Macau's prosperity under China's control. For Macau, it looks like the chips...
Talk like a communist, walk like a democrat. That has been the paradoxical strategy pursued by Latin America's new radical left - at least until now. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will gush effusively in the presence of Fidel Castro one moment, then just as earnestly he'll remind the world that he submits to the kind of free elections and free speech that Castro and his brother, Cuban President Raúl Castro, still forbid...