Word: expertly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Curiously, all three women enter into friendships with Zenia entirely aware of her reputation. This principal conceit is the most glaring flaw in this generally good novel. Even Charis, resident healer and spiritual expert, who judges people based upon their aureal colors, can't seem to tell when Zenia's automatically destructive powers are levelled at her. At one point, these are described as "waves of ill will flow[ing] out of her like cosmic radiation...
...unwelcome street wisdom: "The Americans let in only those who have sponsors in the U.S.," he says. "Otherwise, they stamp your file with a black stamp, which means, 'Forget about America.' " Khamov, 25, an electrician who wants to settle in Orvado, Colorado, ignores him. Not that the self-appointed expert is wrong: ever since communist control ended, the U.S. embassy has been cherry-picking, allowing only a small fraction of these sweat-stained, hope-driven applicants through. But Khamov and his extended family (13 in all), who have joined the visa line straight from their 55-hour train ride from...
That kind of reasoning does not sit well with Margaret Singer, a retired professor from the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert on cults and influence techniques. She has interviewed 50 people who once believed they had recovered repressed memories of incest or ritual abuse but now think they were mistaken. All 50, Singer emphasizes, were in therapy when they "recovered" terrifying memories of abuse. "These people are reporting to me that their therapists were far more sure than they were that their parents had molested them...
While Harvard had no player of this stature, all of its players were of Expert level, or in the top 10 percent nationwide. The other Yale players were ranked at less than Expert level. All rankings are computed by the United States Chess Federation...
This syndrome, called "multiple chemical sensitivity," explains some of the respiratory symptoms doctors have documented. But it cannot account for all the ailments. As a result, Aspin announced the creation of a board of inquiry headed by Joshua Lederberg of Rockefeller University, a Nobel- prizewinning expert on rare and emerging diseases. But it is up to the Pentagon to bridge the credibility gap that seems to have sprouted over the strange new syndrome...