Sentence:  Their kind created an American culture superior to any in the world , an industrial and technological culture which penetrated Russia as it did almost every corner of the <WSD>earth</WSD> without a nickel from the Federal treasury or a single governmental specialist to contrive directives or program a series of consultations of interested agencies . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on