Word: closers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the 800-page course guide arrived in your mailbox, you were likely overwhelmed by the immense offerings Harvard presents. A closer look at academic life here in Cambridge, however, shows that the possibilities aren't quite as endless as they seem...
Around the world people are taking a closer look at the genetic makeup of what they're eating--and growing uneasy with what they see. Over the past decade, genetically modified (GM) food has become an increasingly common phenomenon as scientists in the U.S. and elsewhere have rewoven the genes of countless fruits and vegetables, turning everyday crops into uber-crops able to resist frost, withstand herbicides and even produce their own pesticides. In all, more than 4,500 GM plants have been tested, and at least 40--including 13 varieties of corn, 11 varieties of tomatoes and four varieties...
...example, lie the subcategories of associative memory--the phenomenon that famously led Pavlov's dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell, which they had learned to associate with food--and of habituation, in which we unconsciously file away unchanging features of the environment so we can pay closer attention to what's new and different upon encountering a new experience...
...Hell 2, you sing a song called Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are. Could you sing a song called Caution: Filling...
Although the number of AIDS deaths has dropped to slightly fewer than 20,000 a year, off 60% from 1995, a closer look at the figures indicates that it is much too early to even think about uncorking the champagne. While the number of deaths declined 42% from 1996 to 1997, they were off only 20% from 1997 to 1998. In short, the decline is slowing. We're actually losing ground...