Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clear how consumers view that claim," Daynard said...
...have some insight into a contemporary high school. You have provided your readers with an absolutely accurate picture of a very typical high school, without exaggeration or minimization. By including the full cast of participants--students, parents, teachers, administrators, support staff and outside interest groups--you have made very clear the diverse pressures that are inherent in every public high school. Thank you for illuminating a very complex social/educational institution. EDWARD A. WEST Fairview...
...beast most people still think of--despite a highly unpopular renaming a few years ago--as Brontosaurus. The University of Oklahoma paleontologists who found the new species have named it, aptly, Sauroposeidon, after the Greek sea god. Poseidon was also in charge of earthquakes, and it's clear that every step this gargantuan creature took must have been literally seismic...
...elementary schoolchildren found that about 40% of them were in danger of developing serious posture problems and the other 60% had conditions that were cause for concern. Says Professor Alan Hedge, who heads the university's ergonomics program and is co-author of the study: "It has become clear that nobody has really given any thought to the physical implications of what could happen if you did put a computer on every child's desk...
...patch lately. First, a young patient died in the middle of his gene-therapy trial. And last week the Washington Post reported that half a dozen heart patients have died while undergoing a different form of gene therapy. These patients were already desperately ill, however, and it's not clear that the treatments had anything to do with their death. Gene therapy shows great promise, but anyone who is considering it should know that it's still very experimental...