Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1998, World Beat 7

Description:	wComet Hale-Boppcaptures imaginationsworldwide as it streaks pastEarth for the first time in4,200 years—or, since 2203B.C. Hale-Bopp next returnsin 4397..y On October 13, the British jet car Thrust SSC becomes the first vehicleto break the sound barrier on land, traveling 766.6 miles per hour in theNevada desert.In December, 159 nationsgather in Kyoto, Japan, andnegotiate a climate treatyto combat global warming byreducing greenhouse gases.The Food and DrugAdministrationapproves a dental laserfor treating cavities.Unlike traditionaldental drills, the laserin most cases causesvirtually no discomfort.Premier Laser Systems. Inc.K Riven, thelong-awaitedI computer adventuregame sequel to Myst,proves to be just aspopular and evenmore sophisticatedvisually than itspredecessor.December order the slaughter ofmore than a million chickens in aneffort to haft the spread of a birdflu virus that killed six people.The space shuttle Columbiareleases the errant Spartansatellite in November. U.S.astronaut Winston Scott andTakao Doi, the first Japaneseastronaut to do a space walk,retrieve the satellite for returnEI Nino stirs up global weatherpatterns. Caused by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in theequatorial Pacific, the 97 EI Ninois blamed for storms and weatherproblems worldwide.Protesters unsuccessfully attemptto prevent the October launch ofNASAs Cassini spacecraft toSaturn, fearing an accident couldshower the Earth with the rocketsradioactive plutonium.French oceanographer andaward-winning filmmaker JacquesCousteau dies in June at 87. His workgained renown through the populartelevision seriesThe Undersea Worldof Jacques Cousteau.!
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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