Word: dealing
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...hosts they invade. Scientists believe that a large portion of our chromosomes is composed of such retrovirus DNA--what the body recognizes as "other" has, through evolution, been incorporated into who we are. When we place this fact in the context of Holub's other essays, many of which deal with the injustice of social exclusion and persecution, it acquires a powerfully political resonance. While hardly an apologist for disease, Holub uses the analogy to suggest that our social conception of "self" and "other" is just as misleading as our naive conception of disease...
...back from class to his room, where he sits around and cracks jokes with his roommates for a while before calling his mom. Over dinner, you listen as he talks with a friend who just failed a test, managing to convince her that it's not such a big deal. Later, you read over his shoulder as he writes an e-mail to a high school buddy about the things he likes and dislikes about this semester, and you watch him suddenly panic when the phone rings and he finds out that his sister was in a car accident...
...like 'It's really good for me to know so I can understand some of the pressures you deal with," she says. "It didn't have to do with grades. He saw me as a human being...
...first-year was not the first student to deal with the Administrative Board for an issue relating to the Internet...
...said he believes the Internet and those who govern it must deal with the many egregious violations of copyright law that currently exist...