Word: occurance
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because it will be resource oriented, to assume that ethnic isolation would occur is akin to saying that the Lyman Common Room at Radcliffe College isolates men from women, or that Phillips Brooks House isolates liberals or that the Institute of Politics isolates government concentrators...
Long known to science, these twin medical "miracles"-- glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate--are compounds that occur naturally in the cartilage cushioning the joints. In the body, glucosamine stimulates production of the building blocks of cartilage, while chondroitin sulfate blocks the action of enzymes that break down old cartilage. But can capsules taken orally do the same thing? Some European doctors are convinced they can, and have been using the supplements since the early 1980s to treat osteoarthritis, the common form of arthritis caused by wear and tear (not to be confused with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease...
However, once again, a second look at the sources of data matching's popularity complicates our simple analysis. Datamatch can only be successful if people feel that romance is not very likely to occur on its own; in other words, the appeal of Datamatch is born of a deep disillusionment with any natural prospects for a social life. In a peculiarly 90's twist, the technical precision of the computer fills the role that spontaneity--or a good-hearted matchmaker--played in the more personal days of yesteryear...
...interesting thing is that regional rivalries of this sort can still occur in such seemingly modernized and pluralistic places as New England, one of the more progressive areas in one of the most progressive countries in the world. In reality, modernization has little to do with this kind of factionalism; indeed, some might argue that a cosmopolitan society actually creates a need for rivalries of the Yankees/Sox variety, as an outlet for tendencies which might be exerted less peacefully in a more fragmented society. These regional rivalries are the engine which drives the modern American sports industry...
Harvard Police Department spokesperson Peggy McNamara said that while dorm room robberies "do happen," the department has not studied the frequency with which they occur in the Yard or other first-year dorms...