Word: rios
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...world has changed since the Earth Summit," said a U.S. delegate, referring to the 1992 Rio conference on environment and development, which was marred by deep distrust and finger pointing among participating nations. "That was just two years ago, and you couldn't even talk about population." In contrast, the unexpected consensus in Cairo left delegates bubbling about a "watershed in world history." Timothy Wirth, the U.S. Undersecretary of State for global affairs, who earned high praise for helping guide the initially fractious group toward agreement, called the consensus a rare victory for the U.N. "It's hard enough...
More and more Americans are discovering that faraway places can yield up challenging occupations. Gregory Piccininno, 29, a New Jersey native and a graduate of the London Business School, found himself drawn to what he calls the "savage capitalism" of Brazil. He works for a Brazilian financial firm in Rio de Janeiro, socializes mostly with local friends, with whom he speaks Portuguese, and has no plans to leave anytime soon. "As a non-Brazilian, I get a lot of respect, if for nothing else than my abilities in English," he says...
Fortunately, such anger and fear are rare on either side of the Rio Grande. Not only is Perot's warning about American jobs vanishing south with a "giant sucking sound" not coming true, but thousands of tractor-trailer rigs are rumbling through the border crossings -- carrying beer, heavy machinery, clothing, electronics. Eight months after NAFTA went into effect, trade is up, prices are down for consumers and no massive layoffs have occurred...
...find some consensus language that papers over the conflicts, which usually happens with U.N. documents. The need for consensus reduces action plans to pallid, inoffensive wish lists that quickly disappear into bureaucratic oblivion after the signing ceremonies. Such was the outcome of the Earth Summit that convened in Rio de Janeiro two years ago. But continued indecisiveness on the population issue may be a formula for disaster. Speaking in Washington recently, Nobel-laureate physicist Henry Kendall of M.I.T. observed, "If we don't control the population with justice, humanity and mercy, it will be done for us by nature -- brutally...
...round education seems to be working. Before switching to its new schedule, Socorro schools had some of the lowest test scores in the county. Now Socorro students outscore the state average on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills. One Socorro school, Campestre Elementary, sits just 200 yards from the Rio Grande; two-thirds of its predominantly Hispanic students have limited English proficiency. Yet 87% of Campestre's third-, fourth- and fifth-graders passed the state's achievement exam, compared with 67% before the school started its year-round schedule four years...