Life after 2000 seen with hope and fear by scholars
American scientists historians and philosophers debate the third millennium as they reflect on the past and anticipate future risks and wonders. They cite nuclear threats genetic engineering space settlement population growth and a shift of world power from Asia to Western Europe.
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Washington
Jonas Salk
Salk Institute For Biological Studies
Salk
Dr. L.S. Stavrianos
University of California, San Diego
Stavrianos
T.A. Heppenheimer
Isaac Asimov
Ben Bova
National Space Institute
Paul Horowitz
Harvard-Smithsonian Oak Ridge Observatory
Europe
Avery Andrews
George Washington University
France
Robert
China
India
Andrews
Constantinople
McNeill
Africa
Americas
Yucatan
Illinois
Mexico
New World
Leif Eriksson
North America
Nova Scotia
Western
Charles T. Wood
Jaroslav Pelikan
Yale University
Pelikan
Florence
Italy
Notre Dame
Paris
Marco Polo
Thomas Aquinas
Asia
Ross E. Dunn
World History Association
Dunn
Major World Developments in the Last Millennium
A panel of nine leading historians names the ten most significant events since AD 1001. Highlights include Western Europe’s rise, the Mongol invasions, the 14th century plague, Columbus’s 1492 voyage linking hemispheres, the Enlightenment, the American and French Revolutions, 19th century railways, the late 19th century Industrial Revolution, the 1945 atomic bomb, and ongoing global issues like hunger, pollution, and nuclear threat.
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Washington
Europe
Eurasia
China
America
Peace Corps faces funding test on 25th anniversary
As the Peace Corps marks 25 years, it confronts tighter budgets and rising overseas requests. Budget cuts slashed 1986 funding by over 5 million from 130 million, reducing volunteers from about 6,000 to 5,600 across 62 countries. Officials warn future expansion faces fiscal limits while emphasizing need for skilled personnel.
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John Kennedy
Peace Corps
America
Gramm-Rudman
Corps
Congress
Rick Mead
Los Angeles
Mead
Senegal
Kennedy
R. Sargent Shriver
Ghana
Nixon
Action
Joseph Blatchford
Kevin O’donnell
Reagan
Loret Miller Ruppe
Ruppe
Caribbean
Pacific
Central
South America
Mark Baron
la Mesa
Calif
Sierra Leone
Baron
Africa
Ethiopia
Mike Tomcik
Botswana
Paradise Valley Hospital
National City
Tomcik
U.S
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Millennium Inc
Washington, D.C
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Kabul
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