Word: manifests
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While much of this racism may not manifest itself in the most overt ways—explicit racial slurs and exclusion are rare—the very history of this country, and the ways in which minorities continue to be portrayed by the media, undoubtedly affect people’s subconsciously held ideas about race. It is extremely foolish for anyone to think that Harvard and its students are somehow above this tainted environment...
...Gibbs has also seen a significant increase in the number of people presenting symptoms of depression, along with higher than normal rates of suicidal thoughts, substance abuse and domestic violence. The symptoms "have begun within the last couple of months to manifest themselves," he says. "But I think we still have a significant wave to occur. What we probably have now is a large number of people who possibly did not need mental health services before the storm, but with all the events associated with the storm - the loss of homes, the loss of family members, the loss of community...
...Reader is merely the tangible expression of a kind of technological Manifest Destiny. Just about everybody in both the entertainment and the technology worlds believes that it is the fate of all media to shed their analog past and transubstantiate into pure data. Newspapers are becoming websites, photos are becoming JPEGs, and songs are becoming MP3s. But what does this great digital awakening mean for the book? To find out, I--as the only person in the U.S. who has never read Khaled Hosseini--downloaded his novel onto a Sony Reader. Kite Runner, meet Blade Runner...
...complexity of individuals’ identities and juxtaposes imaginary Christian unity with a similarly invented monolithic Islamic world. In reality, Europe’s Muslims, like its Christians, are incredibly diverse. Besides their faith, Senegalese, Moroccans, and Iranians have little in common, and even their shared religious beliefs manifest themselves in wildly different practices, from Sufism to Wahhabism...
Bear in mind, too, that in many circumstances, the mentally ill may not look “crazy.” Though those with unrelenting symptomatic behaviors may stand out, many sufferers’ illnesses are subtle and insidious. Many illnesses manifest behind the scenes—behind closed doors, in bursts or breaks, in neutral behaviors, or only in the mind. Harvard students are famous for our ability to cover, to act, to seem fine when we are not. We might question declarations of, “He seems fine!” with: Are you looking...