Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact that Mandery took things personally demonstrates both his dedication to the council and the human side of the chair. Despite his eventual frustration, his emotional responses say something important about Mandery's "life-long career" in campus politics: competition and criticism were not the only things he took personally--his individual style also extended to a unique personal commitment to the Undergraduate Council...
...foster being a human environment," says Martin. "Obviously, we've got a pluralistic environment, and we foster awareness of that. Issues of social justice are part of the atmosphere of the institution...
...still associated with liberalism, with democratic values, and with compassion--an image he shrewdly manages to preserve at the expense of the reputations of his underlings. When labor law scholar Bok tries to bust a union, he sits quietly in his office, while Associate Vice President for Human Resources Ann Taylor is sent to the front lines to use scare tactics and talk worse-case scenarios...
...dramatic photographs that appear in these pages were taken by astronauts aboard U.S. space shuttles. The pictures provide clear evidence that the earth is in grave danger as a result of human activity. Overpopulation, pollution and energy consumption have created such planet-wide problems as massive deforestation, ozone depletion and the global warming that is believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect. Yet these alarming trends, and how they interact with such natural phenomena as hurricanes and volcanoes, are still not fully understood by scientists...
...Mexico experiment called attention to an emerging field in science called chronobiology, the study of the body's innate, rhythmic patterns. Today researchers realize that many human characteristics, from basic physiological functions such as blood pressure and body temperature to mental sharpness and moods, follow such patterns. Some cycles are as brief as seconds; the heart's permeability to certain chemical ions appears to shift back and forth in less than a minute. Others are measured in months; some people regularly fall into deep depressions in winter and cheer up in summer...