| 1 | Of all the apparent obstacles to geoengineering, cost is not likely to be among them. | |
| 2 | Yet even those who ranked highest in the divine hierarchies were hardly more than invisible supermen. | |
| 3 | Japan also ranks first among large countries in education and fourth in quality of life. | |
| 4 | Japanese women have topped the world's longevity ranks for 23 years, while men rank third after Iceland and Hong Kong. | |
| 5 | Out of those 34 the U.S. ranked 14th in reading, 17th in science and 25th in math. |