Word: mix
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...University of California's Graduate School of Journalism in Berkeley, he was the producer of Tongues Untied, a film about black homosexuals that aired on pbs last summer and became a cause celebre after being attacked by conservatives for its "offensive" material. The film -- an offbeat, heartfelt mix of documentary, poetry and performance art -- did not deserve the abuse. But the brouhaha may have the unintended benefit of alerting more viewers to Riggs' impressive new offering: Color Adjustment, a provocative look at how TV has portrayed blacks over the years. The film, which leads off this summer's P.O.V. series...
While the war is ripping apart the intricately entwined ethnic mix of the old Yugoslavia, the makeshift arrangements of the dispossessed sometimes forge new bonds. Jelena Pekez, 27, a Croat from the Bosnian town of Jajce, is married to a Serb. Vesna Gacic, 29, a Serb from the Bosnian town of Mostar, is married to a man of Croatian and Muslim descent. Both women fled to Kosmaj, south of Belgrade: Pekez left just ahead of a total blockade of her hometown, Gacic after a frightening 20-day stay in an underground shelter. When the two women's paths crossed...
Several dozen "smart bars" have opened around the country, replacing beer and margaritas with Memory Fuel, Fast Blast and Mind Mix -- amino-acid cocktails that, as one user sees it, "help restore the power edge that people lose as they get older." Smart stuff is also the drug of choice at "raves" -- '60s-style happenings now popular on the West Coast. But despite the mounting enthusiasm, many scientists say the only thing smart about these substances is the way they've been marketed. "Smart drugs," asserts Dr. James McGaugh, director of the center for the neurobiology of learning and memory...
Under Rudenstine's plan, the deans sit on eachother's review committees. They see opportunitiesfor academic collaboration between faculties andthey learn that other schools have needs, too. AndProvost-designate Jerry R. Green to the mix, andthere's another voice for University-widecooperation...
Confronting major diseases like AIDS, cancerand heart disease and studying health care,environmental health, behavior, nutrition andlifestyle remain on the school's agenda. A finalpriority for the school, where one third ofstudents are from outside the U.S., is worldhealth--studying the mix of infection,overpopulation, malnutrition and poverty thataffects health in the developing world...