Word: attesting
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...problem peaks in the playoffs—as anyone who sat through the World Series can painfully attest. TBS, one of the networks covering the games, even arranged to have them spread out at 3:30 intervals, anticipating that they would run long. Of course, the fact that networks are now dictating start times unmasks the power to which baseball has sacrificed efficient games: television...
...course, on the other hand, many Asians also fail to fit a purely assimilationist model. The Chinatowns, Koreatowns and Japantowns that have sprung up in major cities nationwide attest to the spirit of ethnic cohesion and preservation, especially among the most recent arrivals who want to reside close to people of similar backgrounds. Asian soft culture is even infiltrating the American fabric in turn, one greasy Chinese take-out restaurant at a time. However, ethnic enclaves and organizations do not explain why white, American culture has quite so much influence in shaping the values and thoughts of subsequent Asian immigration...
...violence? Any policeman will attest that a typical career thief prefers to minimize violence, which raises pressure on the police to catch him and increases severity of the punishment if he is convicted. But young South African muggers and burglars don't just rob for the money. Many want to inflict pain on their victims, beating, raping or killing them. Of the 200,000 robberies every year, more than half are classed as "aggravated," meaning the victim was also assaulted. A friend warned me before I arrived in South Africa nine months ago, "This is political crime," meaning the violence...
...squat, short, and bloated creature, reminiscent of a turkey crossed with an albatross, stands immobile behind the glass in Harvard’s Natural History Museum. The display’s other extinct birds, such as the puffin-life Great Auk, attest to this one’s rarity. But Harvard’s dodo hides a darker secret.“It’s just a replica made from duck and chicken feathers,” said Jeremiah Trimble, the curatorial associate in ornithology at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology who dusts the model from...
...fear its lack of balance might scare people away from a practice that offers far more benefits than drawbacks. Yes, yoga--like spinning and running--can be harmful if practiced incorrectly, but its history of more than 5,000 years and its millions of practitioners worldwide attest to its benefits. Besides building strength and flexibility, yoga has been shown to have a positive effect on depression, anxiety, insomnia and core physiology...