Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says he is convinced that intellectual pluralism will result from some of the changes proposed in the long-range planning report. For example, both individual effort and Law School funding will be devoted to hiring more international law experts and to integrating a global perspective into the basic curriculum, he says...
...little bit married. Last week the city's board of supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a law that officially recognizes the unions of live-in lovers, whether homosexual or heterosexual. Mayor Art Agnos has pledged to sign the bill, which permits couples who have agreed to share basic living expenses to register their "domestic partnerships" at the county clerk's office in a manner similar to filing a marriage license...
While the stock market gyrated, the turmoil in China disrupted efforts to draft the Basic Law, which will serve as Hong Kong's constitution after 1997. Talks between Chinese and Hong Kong negotiators have been under way since 1985. But two key Hong Kong representatives -- Louis Cha, publisher of the Ming Pao newspaper group, and Anglican Bishop Peter Kwong -- quit the 55- member drafting committee after Beijing declared martial...
...walkouts forced suspension of the delicate talks. Hong Kong negotiators said they were "temporarily unable to carry out our work as planned" because events in China "have done great damage to the Hong Kong people's confidence in the Basic Law." A preoccupied Beijing canceled a scheduled visit to the colony by Ji Pengfei, who heads China's office of Hong Kong and Macao affairs. Once discussions resume, Hong Kong is certain to bargain harder than ever for protection of its rights...
...Mexico experiment called attention to an emerging field in science called chronobiology, the study of the body's innate, rhythmic patterns. Today researchers realize that many human characteristics, from basic physiological functions such as blood pressure and body temperature to mental sharpness and moods, follow such patterns. Some cycles are as brief as seconds; the heart's permeability to certain chemical ions appears to shift back and forth in less than a minute. Others are measured in months; some people regularly fall into deep depressions in winter and cheer up in summer...