Word: sounders
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...much to expect the U.S. - an Arctic state itself, thanks to Alaska - to stand idly by. The Coast Guard icebreaker now on its way back from plying the waters of the Chukchi Cap, north of the Bering Strait, has charted the sea floor with a multibeam echo sounder to delineate where Alaska's continental shelf ends and the depths of the Arctic Ocean begin. But to press its case for extended territorial waters, as the other Arctic nations are doing, the U.S. needs to sign the convention. Some conservatives have always depicted the treaty as a no-win giveaway...
...VIEW IS THAT THIS IS backward: the biology of consciousness offers a sounder basis for morality than the unprovable dogma of an immortal soul. It's not just that an understanding of the physiology of consciousness will reduce human suffering through new treatments for pain and depression. That understanding can also force us to recognize the interests of other beings--the core of morality...
...someone with an appetite for political power." This statement captures the nature of not only the general but also of the coup itself. The coup was conducted to ensure the security and stability of Thailand, and, in doing so, to ensure [returning] power to civilians with a stronger and sounder democratic foundation. Kitti Wasinondh Director-General Department of Information Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bangkok...
...biggest ships ever hurled towards Mars. Part of the reason for the heft is the suite of instruments it carries, including the largest diameter telescopic camera ever sent to another planet; ground-penetrating radar able to look beneath the Martian surface; and a climate sounder, able to study the atmosphere in both visible and invisible spectra. The ship will also carry a new-generation navigational camera and communications system, to be field-tested for the first time...
TransAfrica is now on a far sounder footing (this year's budget: $400,000), and Robinson's thoughts go beyond mere survival. He sees his witness against apartheid as a fight for U.S. blacks as well. "For black Americans, a response to South Africa is a response to them," he says. "This is a test of our own democracy." Next on his agenda: deploying pickets against IBM, General Motors, Ford and other major U.S. corporations that do business with South Africa. Says Robinson: "They are providing the legs on which this monster walks." --By John S. DeMott. Reported by Hays...