Word: planeteers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...predicted. No longer is the threat just to our future; the threat is here and now. Ground zero is not just the South Pole anymore; ozone holes could soon open over heavily populated regions in the northern hemisphere as well as the southern. This unprecedented assault on the planet's life-support system could have horrendous long-term effects on human health, animal life, the plants that support the food chain and just about every other strand that makes up the delicate web of nature. And it is too late to prevent the damage, which will worsen for years...
World leaders should remember ozone when they think about other threats to the planet. If they always wait until there is indisputable evidence that serious damage is occurring, it may be much too late to halt the damage. Consider the widespread scientific predictions of global warming from the greenhouse effect. No one knows for sure that anything terrible will happen. ! But humanity has boosted the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by at least 25%. It is reckless to subject nature to such giant experiments when the outcome is unknown and the possible consequences are too frightening to contemplate...
...feud with Saddam Hussein, George Bush is trying to be Gary Cooper in the climactic scene from High Noon. As the lanky sheriff faces down the archvillain, frightened townspeople peek out of the windows to see who will be left standing in the dusty street. "This planet's not big enough for the two of us," says the leader of the free world...
...Savoie region's magnificent mountain peaks. Following Albertville's opening ceremony this Saturday, the Olympics will take off into the wild white yonder of Val d'Isere, Courchevel and other mountaintop resorts. "I would like people to go home feeling that they spent a fortnight on another planet," says Jean-Claude Killy, ski-racing legend and co-president of the Games...
...album's over-production is a damper, as well as a mask--the Dylans frequently lose ability to put out an upbeat, energetic sound behind its gimmicky sixties-style haze. Songs such as "Planet Love," "Sad Rush on Sunday," and "Love To" deliver memorable melodies, but can't deliver their true potential because of the distorted production...