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...that the neutron bomb is a warhead and not a bomb at all, but many military experts classify shells, warheads and other explosive weapons that come down on the enemy from the air as bombs. The word derives from the Greek bombos, meaning a deep hollow sound. In the earliest known use of the word in English, an anonymous translator of a Spanish treatise described in 1588 how the Chinese used "many bomes of fire, full of olde iron and arrowes made with powder & fire worke, with the which they do much harme and destroy their enimies...
...moves will take a long time to increase the output of nuclear power, even if they succeed. Says one utility spokesman: "Even with licensing reform, new [plant] orders won't begin again until 1980 at the earliest." Meanwhile, public sentiment against nuclear power seems stronger than ever. A Harris survey of New York State residents released this month shows that, when asked whether they would be willing to have a nuclear plant sited in their area, more than half of those polled answered no. Only a quarter of the 1,000 respondents approved. And voters in California...
...junior and senior year counterparts and is not taught by faculty members to any appreciable extent. These deficiencies account, more than anything else, for the common complaint that "students are not really taught by the faculty." Since all studies suggest that colleges make their greatest intellectual impact in the earliest years, there is clearly a problem here that requires a solution...
...debate. There's nothing new about it, except the circles it is now traveling in. When it is put to rest, we will rediscover the human Jesus who was lost in abstract theological gymnastics. Jesus will then be a model for our living, which the earliest Christians meant him to be. The notion of Jesus as God is a base form of idolatry that makes religion a form of magic, rather than an attempt to address real, human concerns in the here...
Racism is unfortunately one of the most basic (and loathsome) human tendencies. Humans like to discriminate against each other and have since the earliest recorded history, and it is something one should always be on one's guard against...