Word: symposium
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Several weeks earlier, TIME had convened a group of 14 scientists and policymakers for an all-day conference on the environmental crisis. The meeting, held in Alexandria, Va., and organized by Washington correspondent Dick Thompson, was a follow-up to a 1988 ecological symposium that led to TIME's selection of the endangered earth as Planet of the Year. "This has been a busy year," says sciences editor Charles Alexander. "We ran a story on the environment about every other week, including reports on logging in the Northwest and Japan's environmental practices, and covers on the Exxon Valdez...
East Germany is faced with the dissolution of party leadership, Czechoslovakia with government paralysis. The turmoil reaches even into the Soviet Union, as Lithuania legalizes political pluralism against Gorbachev's wishes. A TIME symposium explores the future of Europe. The coup's lessons for Corazon Aquino. Colombia's scorecard in its fight against drugs...
After spending the afternoon in small discussion groups, conference attendees joined in a larger, but relaxed, symposium. And they agreed that in order to settle their differences, members of both sides need to join together in a task force designed to educate each other about their concerns...
Activities begin today with a symposium,sponsored by the Koreans of Harvard and Radcliffe(KOHR), on the political prospects forKorean-Americans. The discussion will be followedby a food festival hosted...
...crowd of more than 250 packed Jefferson Hall for the two-hour symposium, which included 20-minute presentations by Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley H. Hoffmann, Gurney Professor of Political Science Adam B. Ulam and Cowles Professor of Government Judith N. Shklar. Charles S. Maier '60, professor of history, moderated the panel and fielded questions from the audience...