Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent years, some of beta carotene'sproponents have heralded the chemical as a "wonderdrug," a biological police officer patrolling thebody and eliminating tumors and fatty buildupswherever they occur...
...appreciate the diverse cultures of the world, important that students from all those cultures be sought out and encouraged, and important that all students experience faculty and administrators from those cultures in positions of authority. The president must take action--not merely appoint committees--to make sure these things occur with increasing frequency in the near future...
...this issue is more important than the mere state of the first-year. These problems occur in gasp...Harvard classrooms. I have heard that they extend to everyday speech as well. I propose that we should all alternate the use of male and female references. By switching pronouns throughout a lecture, a professor can't be much more confusing than he (or she) already is, and the rest of us can rest assured that we are all safely in the boundaries of neutrality when we speak to one another. So what if we don't understand a word...
Today: Coastal flood watch. Rain, may be heavy at times, and windy. Coastal flooding may occur at time of high tide, high 50 to 55. Wind becoming southerly 20 to 35 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. Tonight: Rain ending, low in the 30s. Chance of rain 80 percent. Tomorrow: Partly sunny and colder, high around...
...Syria is betting that this scenario will never occur and that Saddam will not emerge victorious from the crisis. "In the case of war, Saddam will be toppled," says a government official. "If there is peace, Saddam will be in trouble internally because the Iraqis will demand to know why he pushed them into Kuwait just to give it up. Either way, he will not come out of this as strong as he was." Assad may well prefer the first outcome, especially if his soldiers are not called upon to do any fighting. "If there...