Word: worlds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...book reminds us that the world's great religions are not stops on the superhighway, but are paths within themselves," he said...
...People have had it with the thinking that science and technology can succeed in saving the world alone," he said. "They need something human and deeper...
Last week's fiasco in Seattle was a disaster for all concerned, tarnishing the image of the city and leaving only broken windows and smashed hopes for a new round of trade accords. The World Trade Organization (WTO) conference there was plagued by overly simplistic approaches on both sides. A wiser process would be able to address labor and environmental concerns while maintaining open global commerce...
...proper target for much of the protesters' ire. The WTO is no sovereignty-gobbling monster but a small organization that arbitrates trade disputes based on rules already agreed to by its member nations; it does not write its own rules and impose them on the world. Its membership is undemocratic and its processes secretive for the same reason that foreign policy and judicial deliberations are held in secret: to insulate the proceedings from political pressures. It does not deserve its newfound position as a poster child for globalization and the focus for all anti-corporate discontent, including such extraneous causes...
...nation's leading causes of death - and called for some measure of health care reform. Clinton's foiled attempt at sweeping health care reform remains one of the great failures of his domestic agenda. And so, in an attempt to beat the rest of the political world to the punch, Clinton announced a plan Monday to drastically reduce the number of medical errors perpetrated each year, which the NAS report listed as causing upwards of 98,000 deaths and nearly $9 billion in extra costs each year. The report included a comprehensive plan for halving those numbers within five years...