Letter from the editor.At the risk of sounding like a TV commercial, I'm happy to introduce Upfront's "new and improved" World Affairs Noun 1. world affairs - affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television" international affairs affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state" issue. We've "renovated" the almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. and atlas, with "teen friendly" graphics and "news boxes" on events to watch for in 2007. We have three international feature stories, from Africa, Asia, and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. (plus a preview of next month's midterm elections). There are two pages of "Snapshots": graphs on a range of topics, some serious, others fun. And of course, a page of political cartoons and a debate. We hope you find this issue of value not just this month, but all year long. As Upfront goes to press, we're learning details of yet another tragic school shooting
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