Word: conceptive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...next few years saw the peak of Sha Na Na's popularity. Their concerts--and the concept of a 50's revival--were still novel and seemed to generate a certain excitement in its audience, seemed to unleash energy that hadn't been tapped since the shaking and twisting...
Culture, however, is more than language. Its dimensions are far from well defined, but when culture is invoked to justify a major political overhaul, it becomes important to understand the limits and implications of the concept. Culture is the sensuous expression of a people; it is an amalgam of historically accumulated arts and skills which allows people to express and develop their creativity. The crucial motor of culture is activity, for it is only through applying oneself that one can learn, and it is only through doing that one can express...
...Allan Bakke's personal fate. But because he sued the University of California, claiming he suffered "reverse discrimination" at the hands of the U.C. Davis admissions team, Bakke put himself in the center of an assault on the constitutionality of racial and ethnic quota systems, and on the very concept of affirmative action...
...Chapman emphasized, "I definitely respect John, as do all the other oarsmen. He's a man of high integrity and certainly knows his rowing and has a good concept of how a boat should look." Harting also said, "John can recognize a good boat when he sees...
Arrow received the Nobel Prize in 1972 for his work in General Equilibrium Theory and the "Concept of Social Choice." His work continues to involve the application of mathematical models to economics and politics...