Sentences with phrase «shrunken home planet»

Similarly unrepresentative, and occupying most of the first floor's large remainder, are Kelley's Kandor series, begun in 1999: large sculptures of Superman's shrunken home planet, which, the story goes, the superhero keeps in a glass jar hooked up to atmosphere stabilizers.

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He is one of Superman's primary enemies, and is responsible for shrinking and stealing Kandor, the capital city of Superman's home planet Krypton.

If we can ever get around to stop destabilizing large parts of this planet, then they won't seem so «threatening» — then, we can shrink the military back from the $ 600 billion monstrosity that it is now (as poster # 4 rightly said) and focus on human security at home and abroad: adequate shelter, food, health, education, and an energy system that won't fry the only livable planet we have.

The remarkable Young Voices for the Planet films showcase dozens of young people who, starting with nothing but enthusiasm, shrink the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities.

As another data point opposing that notion of fear based funding, I would note that during the time of James Hansen's most vocal and dire warnings about climate catastophies in our future over the last 5 or 6 years he has experienced gov» t intimidation and suppression, NASA has seen its earth sciences budget shrink significantly and NASA has changed its mission statement to no longer include «protect our home planet».