Word: basics
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About one out of twelve black Americans carries a single gene for sickle-cell anemia. That trait, doctors have long believed, is basically benign, since the blood disorder strikes only when two defective genes are present. But a report in last week's New England Journal of Medicine challenges this assumption. In a study of more than 2 million military recruits, doctors at Washington's Armed Forces Institute of Pathology found that sickle-cell carriers run 40 times the normal risk of sudden death when they undergo the rigors of basic training. The danger appears to increase with...
...Existing Subtext. "The basic rap against Biden," explains Democratic Pollster Geoff Garin, "is that he's a candidate of style, not substance...
...crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge." Ever since, a color-blind approach has been a basic tenet of Cosby's comedy philosophy: "I don't think you can bring the races together by joking about the differences between them. I'd rather talk about the similarities, about what's universal in their experiences...
...There is a great tradition of marxist scholarship both here and in Europe, which has influenced me like many other scholars of all political leanings in my generation. However, while respecting and learning from this tradition of scholarship, I have long disagreed with most of its basic tenets. The most cursory reading of my works should make this clear to any but an idiot or a new right extremist. It would also show that I am not a mainstream liberal or a conservative, that indeed the only fitting label for me is that I am the world's first Pattersonist...
Announcement of the new course follows calls from conservative critics for a return to study of the basic texts of Western culture, which adds to the impression that the department once again is asserting disdain for all things non-traditional. After all, this is the department that has left vacant for years a chair in African history. But it would be wrong to fear that this decision is the first sign of a departmental capitulation to the Great Books philosophy of education...