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Word: deal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freely, critics ignore the fact that anthropology can never be a science. Mead's conclusions can stand because anthropological interpretations are always theoretical. No experiments can prove them right or wrong, since observed systems and institutions can easily be distorted to fit any proposed paradigm. Nor does anthropology deal with predictable data because man is an essentially is an unpredictable organism. Finally, anthropology isn't objective. It involves an observer interacting directly with other humans. Try as the anthropologist might to analyze and objectify what he sees, some amount of subjectivity is bound to seep into his work...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: Mead: A Humanist's Legacy | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...women will face Brown January 9. Walsh said this will be another tough meet, but feels the team will benefit from the difficult schedule. "The team is swimming well and the freshmen are getting experience," Walsh said. "I expect to see a good deal of improvement by the end of the season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Powerful Maine Squad Dunks Crimson Women's Swim Team | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...great deal of sloganning--I don't think these issues should be decided by slogans in a great university like this," Steiner said, referring to what he called a lack of informed dialogue on the issue...

Author: By Alexandra D. Korry and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Steiner, Masters Discuss South Africa | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...fact that we have borrowed vocabulary from the violent game of football to describe sexual behavior sheds a great deal of light on our current standards of eroticism. Mr. Dundes has reversed the analogy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Man of the Year | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...high school girl can get. "On Friday nights when the twirlers are on the field, you just want to be out there," explains Lisa. Grins 16-year-old Robin Coburn, a tall, willowy junior who has already made the line: "It's just a big deal. And your names are announced at the games." On those Friday nights every autumn, high school football mania sweeps across Texas, consuming everything in its path. But unlike Northern fans, Texans never streak for the restrooms and hot-dog stands at halftime. They stay to see the marching band and, especially, to watch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Twirling to Beat the Band | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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