Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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One glance at the turnover rates would make it appear that the University is losing a lot of its employees. And quite a few people who begin working here are not happy. But Cantor points out that the majority are indeed satisfied working for academia. "Most feel working in an...
Unlike many introductory social science courses "with their laundry list of unrelated bits of knowledge," Wilson claims his course will discuss different aspects of crime only as they relate to this central issue. Wilson will lead his students through possible answers--including theories of personality, social environment, neighborhood formation, economics...
In Social Analysis, the Core guidelines also ask professors to "test and illuminate" these formal theories with empirical data. Wilson again is in step with the Core here. For example, with genetics he will teach his students how to decode the genetic contribution and then observe complexities that arise in...
Common explanations offered by arm chair geneticists included "watching too much television," "studying too hard," and "smoking too much dope." But Dougherty said the presence of toxic chemicals in the environment--not in rolling paper--was part of the reason for the decline.
When Carter was elected, McHenry returned to a more congenial environment in the State Department and was made Young's deputy. Like Young, he has strong views, though he tends to express them more tactfully and precisely. Says his daughter Christina: "When he says something, he knows exactly what...