Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...covenant and its record of terror are key stumbling blocks to believing that Arafat is committed to a peaceful settlement. The convenant is incompatible with the creation of a separate Palestinian state in the occupied territories, since it says, "Palestine with its boundaries that existed at the time of the British Mandate is an indivisible territorial unit." The covenant asserts "armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine...
Genetically, almost all of today's "Black Americans" are a racial mixture of African, Native American Indian and European bloodlines. Regardless of the surface color (phenotypy), we are a unique genetic creation of this hemisphere, and America is our only home. Perhaps the name Afrindeur-American would be more precise. Dr. S. Allen Counter Director, Harvard Foundation
...object of this religious fervor is a creation which can only be described as a city-stand hot dog combined with a salad--it's called a "Chicago Hot Dog." A complex culinary concoction, a true Chicago dog must adhere to a stringent recipe, otherwise it will turn into a dripping, mushy mess...
...consistently high quality of thought and prose, and one has the makings of a Man of Letters -- a quaint designation in this era of celebrity scribes, but valid nevertheless. Wilson's formal structure and traditional style indicate an impatience with the sort of contemporary fiction that makes its own creation a central concern. What matters to him is the contradictions of human nature and the religious impulses that seek to understand the desires of the flesh and the spirit...
...studying supernovae, scientists can learn more about the creation of stars and other astronomical phenomena. "They can illuminate cosmic mysteries, like the size and shape of the universe...