Word: offshoots
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Another problem, scholars now firmly believe, was racial prejudice, which turned many in the field away from cultures emanating from deeper in Africa. Prominent Egyptologists --including the noted American George Reisner, who worked in Sudan--thought they were excavating the remains of an offshoot of Egyptian culture. "They didn't believe black Africa was capable of producing high civilization," says Kendall...
...This is only the most recent action by the Armed Islamic Group, a radical offshoot of the Islamic Salvation Front ? the party that appeared to have won national elections in 1992 when the army stepped in to nullify them. Since then, about 60,000 people have been killed in a campaign intended to press the government into accepting Islamic rule. There's a reason we don't read and see more from Algeria ? the fundamentalists are waging a smart war. Top of their hit list: local and foreign journalists...
...think that it is a realistic policy objective? The answer is no." He contends that the antidivorce movement isn't a genuine movement at all but a think tank-inspired pseudoissue. He points to the role being played by organizations like the Institute for American Values and its offshoot, the Council on Families. "They have a very explicit objective of getting these issues on the national-policy debate. I can tell you, though, there is no indication that public attitudes are swinging in a way consistent with this move." Other academics agree with Bumpass. Stephanie Coontz, who teaches family studies...
...took a job as a rock journalist on a tiny Florida paper before deciding to launch his own career in music. In 1994 he was discovered by Trent Reznor, leader of the popular band Nine Inch Nails and one of the architects of "industrial rock," an abrasive offshoot of punk and heavy metal. With his first two records, Portrait of an American Family and Smells Like Children, Manson quickly built a passionate following. It includes his father Hugh, who says he loves his son's music because it encourages kids to think for themselves...
...Women's pro basketball is actually flourishing in Europe, but in America it is only so much paper, with plans for two new U.S. pro leagues: The American Basketball League will tip off in the fall under the aegis of Reebok, and the Women's National Basketball Association, an offshoot of the N.B.A., hopes to begin play in 1997, with NBC televising 10 of its games annually...