Cyberspace, data superhighway, multi-media-for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers television and telephones will change our lives for ever. Yet for all the talk of a forthcoming technological utopia little attention has been given to the implications of these developments for the poor. As with all new high technology, while the West concerns itself with the "how", the question of "for whom" is put aside once again.
Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transnational corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important that the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets—wit
A. force them to reduce their share of exports
B. cost them their economic independence
C. hinder their industrial production
D. cause them to lose control of their trade
Most people have no idea of the hard work of collecting those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo. One of the questions that is always asked of me is (31) I became an animal collector in the first (32) . The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos.
According to my parents, the first word I was able to say with any (33) was not the conventional "mamma" or "daddy", (34) the word "zoo", which I would (35) over and over again with a shrill (36) until someone, in order to (37) me up, would take me to the zoo.
When I (38) a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great (39) of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time (40) the countryside in search of fresh specimens to (41) to my collection of pets. (42) on I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student (43) , to ge
A. living
B. cultivating
C. reclaiming
D. exploring
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