Word: hybrids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Maryland, has entered this fray with a meticulously documented argument that Kennedy planned to withdraw from Vietnam had he been re-elected in 1964. Earnest yet overheated, grounded in footnotes yet prone to flights of conspiratorial conjecture, JFK and Vietnam (Warner Books; 506 pages; $22.95) reads like a strange hybrid between a doctoral dissertation and the rough draft of an Oliver Stone screenplay, and with reason: it was, indeed, Newman's dissertation, and Stone did use it as a basis for his movie...
Quickly, Steve and Larry explained the basics of several meditation traditions, among them the Southern Buddhist tradition, which focuses on breathing patterns. Their own method, they said, is a hybrid of several traditions. But, they said, the goal of any sort of meditation is to lose yourself, to become so detached from your everyday existence that your thoughts simply drift through your head without your becoming preoccupied by them. Eventually, they explained, you stop "thinking" all together...
Ideally, of course, a program to recapture America's competitive might would combine Clinton's emphasis on training and education with Tsongas' determination to buttress manufacturing. But in the absence of any such hybrid strategy, Clinton's focus on people seems more humanly and economically appealing. It is people, after all, who are the ultimate competitors...
...wacky hybrid of sporting event, game show and Roman circus, American Gladiators has developed a strong cult following among both adults (who root for the amateur challengers) and kids (who cheer on the cartoonlike gladiators). Ratings have nearly doubled since the show debuted two years ago, making it one of the top five weekly hours currently in syndication. Says gladiator Dan Clark, better known as Nitro: "For the spellers, you've got Wheel of Fortune; for the guys who go shopping, you've got The Price Is Right; for the athlete, you've got American Gladiators...
...silent battle with threats to the world's wheat crop. Recently Skovmand discovered a rare strain of wheat from eastern Turkey that is resistant to the Russian aphid, an invader that has so far cost American farmers $300 million. By using the Turkish strain to develop hearty new hybrid wheats, CIMMYT breeders may help growers outwit the aphid...