Word: environmentally
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The vidiot syndrome, endemic to the atmosphere of a mall, reinforces the idea that here is the place to be. Rather than do anything constructive, or even active, the teenagers who gather at the mall-known as "mall rats"--seem to be choosing early a life of passivity and vapidity...
...alarming lack of attention to environmental causes of cancer has been exacerbated by recent actions of the Reagan Administration. As part of its deregulation craze, the current Administration lately took steps to ease the control of cancer-causing substances. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ostensibly the watchdog of the environment, markedly loosened its regulations in dealing with the recent dioxin contamination crisis at Times Beach, Mo. The FPA established much higher acceptable exposure levels after the crisis than those dictated by previous risk assessments. This recent backslide in the regulation of carcinogens reflects the same problem manifested in the misdirection...
In an environment so thoroughly committed to the experience of learning, the nurturing of an intellectual climate amidst to much vibrant, artistic talent would seem the most natural objectives dramatic arts committee should strive for.
But for Phills, winning doesn't easily assuage some of the fundamental problems of athletics in a competitive academic environment. "Harvard is a very difficult place to be a national class athlete because of the time demands academically and because there's a subtle--sometimes not so subtle--tendency to...
If Anderson's targets are largely conventional-the despoiling of the environment, the horrors of war-her methods are not. A voice-activated synthesizer called a Vocoder allows her to speak and sing in chords. Her violin bow has prerecorded tape where the hairs should be, and is drawn...