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...addition, there is the reference to "our ten billion-year-old planet" which is off by a mere five billion years. Please let me know who is responsible for such a piece of writing and how exactly this slipped through your editors. Ethan Nasr...
Where does the solar system end? At Pluto, most folks would reply. Or at Neptune, the cognoscenti might say, because thanks to Pluto's odd, egg-shaped orbit, the eighth planet has been outermost since 1979 and will be through 1998. But astronomers suspect that the sun's family actually extends far beyond either of these two planets. Out there in the frigid darkness beyond any known planet, they believe, lies the Kuiper belt, a ring of dusty ice chunks that surrounds the solar system. Beyond that, astronomers say, is the similarly composed Oort cloud, which forms a vast sphere...
...Murphy Brown character, played by CandaceBergen, drubbed Quayle throughout last night'sshow, asking "What planet is he on?" after seeingan actual clip of Quayle's speech...
...that the nation's most popular entertainment medium is out of step with the American people. Republican politiciasode in which Murphy responds to the Vice President. While harriedly tending to her new baby, she hears his remarks on TV and reacts with incredulity: "I'm glamourizing single motherhood? What planet is he on? I agonized over that decision." Later, she appears on her TV show to answer Quayle's charges: "Perhaps it's time for the Vice President to expand his definition and recognize that whether by choice or circumstance families come in all shapes and sizes. And ultimately, what...
Americans dispose of far and away more waste than anybody else on the planet. The EPA estimates the annual cost of this disposal at more than $30 billion, a figure rising 17% a year and predicted to reach $75 billion by the end of the century. On the other hand, despite the dire predictions of some environmentalists, disposal is less of a problem than in many other countries. There are still plenty of landfills available, and they will continue to play an important role. So will new incinerators, despite their many environmental shortcomings. For America to catch up in recycling...