Word: humanities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need a change in our medical ethos that would allow people to die when they reach a point that is unnecessarily burdensome," Reichel said. But, he added, "The deliberate taking of a human life should remain a crime...
...when it does what it does best: performing hard-hitting rhythms accompanied by Partridge's elastic vocals and social statements. "Poor Skeleton Steps Out" is an excellent example of XTC's characteristically choppy beat, ehhanced by xylophone effects in this anti-sexist, anti-racist song about the confines of human flesh. This theme is continued in "Across This Antheap," a song which criticizes humanity's tribalism with lyrics like "Still segregating 'cause we insects are too proud" and "The stars are laughing at us as we crawl on and on across this antheap." Partridge again performs vocal acrobatics with "Antheap...
PRESIDENT Bush has only now begun to select a foreign policy team for Central America; Vice-President Quayle calls for "the elimination of human rights." Meanwhile in aid-dependent El Salvador two important initiatives--one toward the end of the eight-year civil war, another toward a new Central American peace--mark serious steps for regional autonomy...
SOCIOLOGIST Norbert Lechner has noted that revolutions in Latin America have not occurred in countries with the worst histories of human rights abuses; nor have they occurred in the poorest. Instead popular revolutions have succeeded with widespread support behind a class-unifying cause, namely, independence from a government controlled economically, and to a large extent politically, by the United States...
...eating habits of infants and youngsters through age five, along with figures on the amount of pesticides in 27 different crops. The information is then used to assess the long-term risk of cancer and neurological problems in these children. Eight of the pesticides are believed to be human carcinogens; all are used on fruits and vegetables frequently consumed by children, including peas, carrots, fruit juices and applesauce. Among the key findings...