Word: denialism
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Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute professor of sociology, said the denial of tenure was disappointing, but that it is a reality of life at Harvard...
...Clean air. Hong Kong has a serious air-pollution problem. The Chief Executive is in denial about it. The bureaucrats talk about striking a "balance" between development and environment without realizing their challenge is to reverse the damage. They also identify the problem with the Pearl River Delta, saying 80% of emissions come from across the border with China. Yet new research shows that about half the time, most of Hong Kong's air pollution comes from local sources. Cleaning up our road transport, shipping and power generation will make an enormous difference. Otherwise, there will be a toll...
...than he ought to be: to use a favorite phrase of his to describe their relationship, “That can’t have been healthy.” Grace (Renee L. Pastel ’09), who explicitly prefers Todd to Emma, is alcoholic, materialistic, and in denial about most aspects of her family...
...protecting my child from cancer outweighs any reluctance to ponder her sexual future. "But some parents are totally in denial," says my longtime pediatrician, Dr. Marc Wager of New Rochelle, N.Y. It's his practice to discuss the vaccine when parents bring a daughter for a checkup at 11 or 12. But he doesn't force it on those who resist, and he's willing to edit his discussion of HPV transmission for those who don't want a child to hear...
...belief that much of the planet could do with a little truth and reconciliation. Lessac has chosen to stage his play in "conflict and healing zones around the world," he says, places "where people still might not be able to let go of thoughts of victimhood, entitlement, vengeance and denial." He's talking of places like Kosovo or Jerusalem - or Somalia, where civil war between hundreds of clans has raged for 16 years and where it takes many minutes for strangers to introduce themselves, so intricate are the ethnic lineages that must be recounted to distinguish friend from...