Word: paradigmes
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...whole new theory of free will based on the observation that learning expands our capacity to choose our own path. As was true of Copernicus's observation 500 years ago that the earth orbits the sun, there is no telling how far the repercussions of this new scientific paradigm may extend...
...more an economic fact. If the U.S. is to ensure its energy supply and make the transition to a more mixed portfolio of energy sources, then it must act now and invest where it can expect a return—in serious, aggressive measures to change the outdated paradigm ruling our energy use—and stop subsidizing Big Oil. America has no time to waste and a lot to lose...
Showing his idealist’s stripes, Gitlin writes that in the post-Sept. 11 era, leftist activists will not only have more causes to rally around, but a new paradigm for organizing...
...them. All the Northern Alliance needed was leadership, modern communications and the support of devastating American firepower. Within a couple of months, Special Ops troops lead Northern Alliance fighters down from their mountain strongholds to sweep away the Taliban and enter Kabul, a success that has become the paradigm of how Special Forces and Air Power in concert can conquer a country. Now the Special Forces are making a similar attempt in Iraq. What they have created so far is a parody of the Northern Alliance - one that should trouble U.S. leaders, and one that could spell trouble...
Even the U.S.’s two major successes, post-World War II Germany and Japan, present a different paradigm than Iraq does now, Walt said. Both those nations had previous experience with democratic rule, were aggressors in that war and had strong reasons to ally afterward with the United States, he said...