Word: europeanize
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This next class is a slacker's dream. There are no sections, six required books-of your choice. (The list is basically identical to the one compiled by the average high school English teacher.) The only assignments are a take-home quiz and a final. History 1407: "European Intellectual History, 1790-1900," even has a great reading list, including Tolstoy, Hugo, and Dickens, and meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday...
Peace in Bosnia may now demand a permanent Western presence, following the apparent triumph of Serb hard-liners in presidential elections. "Although the European election supervisors are holding back the result until next week, it does appear that [radical nationalist] Nikola Poplasen has beaten [moderate] Biljana Plavsic," says TIME Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "And that's a serious blow for the West...
Then, in late June, SOHO inexplicably fell silent, seemingly lost in space. "It was devastating," says John Credland, science project chief at the European Space Agency (ESA). "It was a show stopper...
What makes this trend even more troubling is its departure from the historic mission of U.S. public schools. Americans have always regarded education as a critical cog in the machinery of democracy. But they have also prided themselves on constructing "common" institutions that, unlike European schools, geared lessons to the middle and did not select elites early. Educators stressed that a program suitable for the best students was also good enough for the average ones. By catering to average students and preparing them for stable jobs, America's public schools would help build an educated, prosperous middle class...
...those who didn't, and three women died of blood clots probably triggered by the medication. For women who are fighting for their lives, those risks may be O.K., but they're a lot to ask of someone who isn't even sick. What's more, two smaller, European studies of tamoxifen published this summer found no preventive benefits...