First World is used less, but is no less useful as a term, than the commonly found Third World, which describes the underdeveloped nations of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The First World consists of the Western European and North American countries...

The world's more wealthy, politically powerful, and industrially developed countries are unofficially, but commonly, designated as the First World. The term differentiates the powerful, capitalist states of Western Europe and North America and...

Developed free market ECONOMIES which were early to industrialize and, until the emergence of large oil revenues in developing countries, had the highest per capita incomes. See also: Second World; Third...

The term "first world" refers to countries that are democracies, which are technologically advanced, and whose citizens have a high standard of living. The terms First World, Second World, and Third World were used to divide the nations of Earth into...

A PBS essayist said it best when he attributed the national shock of Hurricane Katrina to our realization that the Third World is right here in America. Not only on the Gulf Coast, but everywhere. But for a massive disaster that thrust it...

Keegan, John. The First World War. New York: Knopf, 1999. 475pp. $35 "The First World War was a tragic and unnecessary conflict." With those sad words, john Keegan opens his history of that war to end all wars, from which came such grief....

Marc Berthod's improbable World Cup victory was helped by nearly impossible conditions that knocked all three American men off the course.Berthod captured his first victory Sunday, starting from the 60th position and taking advantage of slushy, deteriorating slopes to win a slalom and become the...

The plight of impoverished Africans is all the rage with film people lately. Again! At The Constant Gardener premiere, Rachel Weisz arrived in a backless teal gown by Narcisco Rodriguez and Cartier earrings. She was followed closely by a handler who let the young journos...