Word: occurring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cheaper to treat the root causes of disease early on before the aftereffects [occur]," Norton says...
...does one respond to such an attitude? Often, I want to say "Forget about science, forget about reasons, just treat us as human beings, as your neighbors, as your children." But in the meantime, before such changes of attitude occur, people need reasons...
...difficulty of cleaning Yale's curved, garret and bay windows often requires scaffolding. Partly because of the heroic efforts window-cleaning requires, the New Haven university slashed the frequency of its window-cleanings, which usually occur during the summer when few students are on-campus to avoid disruptions...
Scientists have assumed that any change caused by humans would occur over many decades. They are no longer so sure. As climatologist Peter deMenocal put it, "When I began my Ph.D. in 1986, the conventional wisdom was that it took 1,000 years to end an ice age; in '91 that figure was lowered to 100 years, and then just two years later, Richard Alley at Penn State published a paper about climate changing in two to five years...
...going on in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, thanks to the brilliance and iron will of Uganda's Yoweri Museveni. He has turned Uganda around. He realizes that similar changes must go on in the other countries of the region if true economic growth is to occur. In the process, Museveni and his proteges have begun to challenge the paradigms that have existed for more than a century, principally the French claim to an African sphere of influence with Zaire as the crown jewel. We hope this is a true awakening of our giant continent, beloved Africa. DAVID...