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That spirit runs throughout the The End of Nature in which McKibben argues that the process of global warming is killing off the very idea of nature by extending the reach of humanity throughout the planet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Sentimentalist | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...counter the process of global warming, McKibben says, humanity needs to give up its "defiant" attitude and begin to think of the planet as a whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Sentimentalist | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

McKibben says that he believes that it is possible to find a solution to the global warming problem. People who "figured out how you could build an airplane that can fly eight times the speed of sound" can invent a way to survive without damaging the planet, he says...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Sentimentalist | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...couldn't believe my three eyes," said the alien, a 9-ft.-tall assemblage of humps, arms and legs, outfitted in silver overalls and bronze boots. "This planet is so much like my own. When I landed in my pink space ball, the sunset lighted up tall nonnatural structures that resembled the state housing collectives back home. I've gone through your papers and read all about the two-headed Abominable Snowmen and the psychic cures for arthritis -- Oh, the secret balsam-water diet that lets you lose 40 lbs. in two days and prevents tooth decay? Leonid wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elvis | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...Could you shift me to your planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elvis | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

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