Word: corrections
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...Bell Curve, unlike the melanin theory, does ground itself in unassailable scientific facts (the proven difference in IQ between Blacks and whites). This does not, of course, make it correct...
...followed 1,800 women over a seven-year period, making it one of the largest studies ever to examine the relationship between abortion and cancer. "I'm absolutely appalled that politics is entering into the science of this study," the researcher complains. "No one is getting any of the correct information out to the public...
...says Lynne Cheney, who headed the NEH when the grant was approved. She is the most prominent of conservative critics who charge that National Standards offers what Cheney calls "a warped view of American history" and that its criteria for including or excluding landmark events and persons are "politically correct to a fare-thee-well." For example, Harriet Tubman, the African American who helped organize the pre-Civil War underground railroad, is cited six times in the guide, whereas Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is mentioned only once in passing. Students are expected to know about the 1848 Seneca Falls...
...Please contact us in writing by November 3rd if the above statements do not accurately reflect the statements you made to us in [the October 21] meeting," the letter reads. "Assuming that the above information is correct we would very much like to share it with the members of the PBHA Association Committee who will be convening on November...
...their best to overturn the ruling coalition before its term is over. Though his party has lost the past four elections, Social Democratic leader Rudolf Scharping calls Kohl's alliance "a coalition of losers." Kohl did not seem worried last week. "A majority is a majority," he observed. Correct, and ! Helmut Schmidt, one of Germany's most effective Chancellors, governed for six years with an identical 10-seat margin. For that matter, Konrad Adenauer became Chancellor in 1949 by a majority of only one seat. Kohl is betting that he will be on hand two years from now to celebrate...