Word: planet
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...oceans with the Siegels, Shusters, Kahns and Kurtzbergs in the late 19th and early 20th century. For the Pulitzer-prize- winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer, World War II-era superheroes embodied the American dream shared by the countless foreigners. "It wasn't Krypton that Superman came from; it was the planet Minsk or Lodz or Vilna or Warsaw," wrote Feiffer in his essay The Minsk Theory of Krypton. "Superman was the ultimate assimilationist fantasy...
...Rodentia from Mickey to the aspiring chef of Ratatouille. So, too, with the social, saucer-eyed, erect-standing mongoose relatives of Meerkat Manor, who have followed in the paw prints of The Lion King's Timon to raise their species' star in Hollywood. The Kalahari nature show is Animal Planet's biggest hit, a saga of turf wars, sex, betrayal and cuddly pups. It's manna from TV heaven: all the drama of human life, none of the salaries or liability issues...
...long had a commitment to covering environmental issues. The Environment section of the magazine was first created back in 1969 - long before the term global warming even existed. We published our first cover on that subject in 1987, and - in a break with tradition - named Endangered Earth our Planet of the Year in 1988. Our latest entry in this distinguished line of journalism was TIME International's double issue last month on Heroes of the Environment. To mark that issue, I was delighted to join my TIME colleagues and more than 400 distinguished guests, including TIME Warner Chairman...
...memorable evening. In the Great Hall of the Royal Courts - one of the finest Gothic Revival spaces in the world - the crowd met no less than 16 of our heroes. Some were locals, like David Attenborough, the legendary documentary filmmaker whose most recent series, Planet Earth, has taken his ability to reveal the secrets of nature to unparalleled heights. Others came from far away, such as Hammer Simwinga, a Zambian agronomist who has developed local businesses so that villagers do not have to resort to poaching, and Tommy Remengesau Jr., the President of the Pacific Island nation of Palau...
...heroes were men and women who showed that individual effort combined with ingenuity and determination can help save the planet. From our earliest days as a magazine, TIME has highlighted the idea that individuals can change the course of history, and it was a great pleasure to be able to honor in person those who are truly making a difference. We at TIME salute them and commit ourselves to bringing you their stories, and the stories of how other individuals are making a difference. That's how we make a difference...