Word: explains
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Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology Irven' DeVore moderated the panel on human adaptation to environmental change. Scientists on this panel concentrated on the use of archaeological evidence to explain the impact of the earth's climatic changes on past cultures, and to then forecast future impact...
...remaining calls range from minicrises like gum in the hair and nosebleeds (volunteers have a file of suggested fixes) to unnerving and occasionally terrifying tales of sex and violence. Sometimes the serious and hilarious are combined. Asked by an embarrassed sixth-grade girl to explain what condoms are for, an elderly volunteer answered delicately, "It's something a man wears to protect a lady." Replied the girl: "From what?" On another occasion a little girl asked volunteer Dorie Beaumont, "What if your mom meets your dad at a bar, has drinks and comes home and beats you up?" Beaumont recalls...
...feel I have different views and different interests [from many colleagues], and my gender and race do explain this very nicely," says Katherine Tate, associate professor of government. "I sometimes feel it's unfair I have to represent all of these interests...
According to some experts, the article does not explain why tuition at liberal arts colleges has kept pace with research universities. And it does not take into account the tight budgetary belts many schools were forced to don during the steep period of inflation in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
...challenge for an NCAA title this year. Chris Rogles is now the league's top goaltender (2.46 goals-against-average), Marko Tuomainen is fourth in league scoring (14-18-32) and Coach Mark Morris collected his 100th win in only his fifth season this past weekend. So does that explain the latest gif....err ranking...