Word: planeteers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There have been at least six billion people on the planet...
...have to give Douglas Durst credit for building a very interesting skyscraper [HEROES FOR THE PLANET, Oct. 18]. If builders can construct more of these environmentally friendly buildings, it would reduce the energy used in cities, thus saving our natural resources. ADAM J. TREXLER Columbia...
...revelations did this one sheet of paper hold for the rest of the cosmos? Hold your breath blonde-haired boys--they're looking for the next Anakin Skywalker to star in Episode II (due to start filming next summer) and become one of the most recognizable faces on the planet. The memo specified that Lucasfilm will cast a 19-year-old in the world's most coveted role--someone who is "self-determined, intelligent and forthright." Oh, and all for all of you non-Aryans, don't bother--the candidate must resemble Jake Lloyd. So there goes the talk...
...might have a great deal of trouble adjusting to a climate that gets 2[degrees]C (4[degrees]F) warmer over the next century, an ice age by midcentury would be unimaginably devastating. The lingering uncertainty about whether our relentless production of greenhouse gases will keep heating our planet or ultimately cool it suggests that we should make a better effort to leave the earth's thermostat alone...
...stock price fell 5 percent in the first hour of trading following last Friday's antitrust case setback. (It later recovered to 89.93, and finished down just 1.8 percent on the day.) "Microsoft is the same company it ever was - one of the greatest concentrations of brainpower on the planet," says Quittner. "That's not going to change, and the company shouldn't be worth any less Monday than it was on Friday. Moreover, most investors had good reason to expect this ruling." Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's finding of fact, which strongly suggested he would find the company...