Word: humaneness
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...Mainstream scientists have been warning for years that by burning oil, coal and other fossil fuels, humans have created a blanket of carbon gases that traps heat in our atmosphere and warms the planet. The last two years were the hottest in recorded history, and recent wild weather patterns suggest that this global warming will bring with it an ever expanding plague of economic and human catastrophes...
...Worse still, the fact that the hole in the ozone layer was recently reported as being larger now than it was 13 years ago when CFC outputs were curbed suggests that some of the environmental damage wrought by human behavior today may take many years to manifest. It could take a decade or more of climatic crisis to generate a widespread sense of urgency about changing lifestyles. Politicians may ultimately be forced to wait. The planet, unfortunately, will...
Nobel laureate James Watson, who discovered the double-helix structure of DNA and poke at the conference's opening yesterday, said he was "moved by Reno's human qualities and regard for democracy." He added that he had never heard the attorney general speak before...
Chretien and Day also stand at odds on issues surrounding human rights legislation. Day is in favor of referenda asking Canadians to make abortion illegal and reinstate capital punishment; Chretien is vehemently opposed. While under Chretien, the Canadian government recently extended to homosexuals the right to legal marriage, Day has railed against laws protecting homosexuals from discrimination...
...extremely disappointed in the way the U.S. government views Serbian nationalism. Why is it different from American nationalism? U.S. officials are extremely hypocritical in celebrating Kostunica's victory. They simply want to wash their bloody hands of the war and of NATO bombings in Kosovo and Yugoslavia that caused human casualties and severe destruction of Serbian infrastructure. U.S. officials can claim they acted because of Milosevic's aggression. But deep down, all Serbs know the U.S. government could not care less about their well-being and struggle for democracy. ANA MIRKOVIC Vancouver...