This was a president who invited foreign leaders to the Oval Office for long conversations, who dialed around the globe the way his father once had, whose go-it-alone tendencies were being sanded down by the realities of operating in a complex world that provided many physical and financial havens for terrorists.
The proximity of people and animals in southern China in particular has long made it an incubator of global epidemics that start in rural areas and then spread around the globe by way of Hong Kong, which has Asia's busiest airport for international departures.
Another provision requires companies to give even the lowliest janitor on the other side of the globe a way to blow the whistle on financial wrongdoing, anytime day or night.
Nonetheless, these days, global corporations peddling pharmaceuticals engineered to increase blood circulation in male genitals have penetrated sexual activity across the globe, including way down here in the southwestern corner of Colombia.
As we eagerly anticipate what -- and who, we suppose -- comes down the red carpet on Sunday night, it seems like a fun time to take a look back at the way Golden Globes fashion was in the '50s, '60s, '70s, and '80s.
It has shrunk the globe in ways nobody predicted.
Without any critical love or precursor nominations from the Screen Actors Guild or the Golden Globes "The Way" is unlikely to pick up much Oscar steam.
Most exchanges around the globe found ways to adapt and make the transition.
Some contend that in this nascent stage of Afghanistan's rehabilitation, Mr. Karzai's globe-trotting ways are exactly what the country needs.
And there's a bright, inspiring arc to his story: from Strummer's family's globe-trotting ways to his rebellious early years, through his volatile life with the Clash to his later drift into a solo career, Temple weaves together a film that is both heady and humble, entirely worthy of Strummer's spontaneous, astonishing music.
In addition to being criticized for his globe-trotting ways, in which he created an array of satellite institutions, Mr. Krens was known for dipping into the museum's endowment to cover operating costs and for mounting exhibitions from motorcycles to of-the-moment artists like Matthew Barney.
