Word: space
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...harder to control, is the greenhouse effect, caused in large part by carbon dioxide (CO2). The effect of CO2 in the atmosphere is comparable to the glass of a greenhouse: it lets the warming rays of the sun in but keeps excess heat from reradiating back into space. Indeed, man-made contributions to the greenhouse effect, mainly CO2 that is generated by the burning of fossil fuels, may be hastening a global warming trend that could raise average temperatures between 2 degrees F and 8 degrees F by the year 2050 -- or between five and ten times the rate...
...that glasnost allows us to be open about these things, I must tell you that space travel is not the great adventure it's supposed to be. Lift-off on Sept. 29 was excruciating. My pulse raced to 200 beats a minute, and I ran a temperature. Incredibly, my partner Dryoma seems to have slept through the launch...
...will do nothing to embarrass the motherland. Besides, I can't leave my seat. I cannot reach any levers. Nor can I leave my chamber to visit the fish and the mice on board for experiments. What this biosatellite needs is some of your perestroika -- you know, restructuring. Space flight might then be more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Sincerely yours, Yerosha
...During his 204-day rule, Falwell managed to raise $23 million but failed to rally the 114,000 "Lifetime Partners." They had sent Bakker contributions of $165 million in return for a lifelong guarantee of three nights' free lodging a year at Heritage USA. Bakker had hopelessly oversold available space. Some Partners objected to Falwell because they are Bakker admirers; more did so because they are Pentecostals. They saw Falwell as a usurper who had long opposed that exuberant style of faith...
...Reagan sticks to his guns as the search for peace in Central America continues. -- Shipwrecked illegal immigrants are eaten by sharks. -- Inside Haiti today. -- Monkey business in space...