Word: hybridization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...going to take the veil, I snorted. My conviction that a successful law school career requires and examination of the theological origins an underpinnings of the law for a more comprehensive understanding and application has been growing. On a more pragmatic level, fashioning a hybrid of theology and law also seemed to be a canny professional move. I had cut loose any religious moorings during adolescence, succumbing only occasionally to bouts of Proustian introspections and Zen austerity. I had neither subscribed to the common Harvard utopian fantasies which too often involve communal dining on trestle tables in drafty halls...
...London native, whose parents are Brazilian and Nigerian, took a year-long solo spiritual journey through Nepal, India and Thailand before returning to London on a tail wind of inspiration. Last year Seal, 29, released a namesake album intermingling soul, rock and blues hooks into a strikingly fresh hybrid. He also introduced a novel instrument in soul circles: a solo acoustic guitar, which vividly sets off his yearning, crackling voice. With its shifting rhythms and varied sonic textures, Seal shows that soul can accommodate unorthodox structures and a mystical tinge while still shining through handsomely...
...University removed Blue Cross/Blue Shield, a traditional indemnity or "freedom of choice" plan, from the faculty and staff health care menu and replaced it with HealthFlex Blue, a Blue Cross-affiliated "point-of-service" plan, and the change is still widely misunderstood. (A point-of-service plan is a hybrid between an indemnity plan and an HMO--see "Definitions" below...
...point-of-service plan is a hybrid between an indemnity plan and an HMO. Patients can choose any provider, but are encouraged to stay within a particular circle. Typically, "out-of-network" choices are discouraged with deductibles or large co-payments, while "in-network" care is covered fully or with only small co-payments. Labor Donated
...south of the park in the Teton Wilderness Area. The first scientists on the scene said it looked like a wolf, but U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service experts are putting the remains through a long and complicated series of tests to determine if the animal is a wolf-dog hybrid and whether it spent time in captivity...