Word: switzerland
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...necessarily, it turns out. A study of two artificial rain forests created inside greenhouses at the University of Basel, Switzerland, indicates that too much CO2 can harm plants. One greenhouse had an atmosphere like today's; the second had as much CO2 as is predicted for the middle of the next century. The effects: plants in the second rain forest produced starch deposits that could interfere with photosynthesis, and the soils they lived in showed a rapid loss of nutrients. The scientists are now working with other experimental ecologies, and the preliminary results are the same...
Humanity has discovered, through much trial and horrendous error, that differences need not divide. Switzerland is made up of four nationalities crammed into an area considerably smaller than what used to be Yugoslavia. The air in the Alps is no more conducive to comity than the air in the Balkans. Switzerland has thrived, while Yugoslavia has failed because of what Kant realized 200 years ago: to be in peaceful league with one another, people -- and peoples -- must have the benefits of democracy...
...dedicated young woman who favors pushing strollers over pursuing more glamorous careers or beer-swilling boyfriends. Last year William and Denise Fischer figured they had found the right nanny in Olivia Riner, a demure 20- year-old who had worked as a nurse's assistant in her native Switzerland and had come highly recommended by a referral agency. But only a few weeks after joining the Fischers, Riner was charged with an unthinkable crime: setting fire to the Fischers' Thornwood, N.Y., home and murdering the baby girl she had been hired to protect...
...rumored to be planning to end the government's campaign to seize the Marcos billions. Last week the official charged with retrieving the "hidden wealth" recommended a compromise with Imelda to split the proceeds, if recovered, of a fortune in gold bullion said to be stashed in Switzerland...
Through the years, Duffy has interviewed some of the world's most revered cultural stars. "Vladimir Nabokov started out very formidable, asking for questions ahead of time," she recalls of a 1969 interview. "But once I traveled to Switzerland and saw him in Montreux, he was whimsical and utterly charming." In the world of ballet, a specialty of Duffy's, Peter Martins was "candid to a fault," while Mikhail Baryshnikov often offered "poetic responses" to her questions. Perhaps Duffy's secret is that she notices and records the variety in this world exceptionally well...