Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wake of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis' announcement Tuesday that he would not run for a fourth term, officials at the Kennedy School of Government said that Dukakis would be a great asset to the K-School if he were to return there as a faculty member when his term expires...
MOST economic experts agree that the trade deficit is the result of more than an overvalued dollar. American industry is getting beaten in the world market by being slow to innovate. Surpluses that foreign countries channel into research and development are divied up by American companies as short-term profits. While foreign governments help develop new competitive advantages for their companies, our elected leaders allow Wall Street executives to squander time and money on corporate takeovers, which produce nothing...
...this approach sacrifices America's long term economic wellbeing and ignores the human cost of a lower dollar...
Sooner or later the earth's human inhabitants, so used to adapting the environment to suit their needs, will be forced to adapt themselves to the environment's demands. When that day comes, how will societies respond? How well will the world cope with the long-term changes that are likely to be in store...
When Glantz's forecasting technique is applied to the rest of the world, two things become clear. One is that virtually every long-term environmental change is occurring in miniature somewhere on the planet, whether it is a regional warming trend in sub-Saharan Africa or the vanishing coastline in Louisiana. The other is that Homo sapiens is an immensely resourceful species, with an impressive ability to accommodate sweeping change. In countries and regions hit by climatic upheavals, people have come up with a variety of solutions that are likely to have broad applicability to the global problems of tomorrow...