Word: paradigmes
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Alternative medicine" is a broad term which encompasses all nontraditional therapies and treatments outside of the Western biomedical paradigm. Prominent examples include acupuncture, Chinese medicine, homeopathy, herbal medicine, Indian Ayurvedic medicine, tai chi and massage therapy...
Finally, it is interesting to note Oppenheim's selective blindness in the observance of BGLTSA posters. While the phrase "oppressive paradigm" may remain for him an amusing snippet of lit-crit jargon, the pervasiveness of outspoken heterosexuality on this campus cannot be denied. Has Oppenheim never seen a heterosexually risqué poster for a Harvard dance, a cappella concert or theatrical production? While innocuous enough, the prevelance (and thus the privileging) of heterosexual behavior and the attendant invisibility of homosexuality legitimizes a climate of homophobia. If, on the other hand, Oppenheim is offended solely by the word "vulva...
...recount these instances of activism to counter the dominant idea that the new "pragmatism" is a paradigm shift. University administrators happily contrast the present times with the bad days of the '60s, but does the deafening silence on such issues as affirmative action represent a true philosophical turn to results-oriented social action or rather a moral failure of the campus left...
HUPD spokesperson Peggy A. McNamara outlined the paradigm that Flim Flam robberies usually follow...
...most detrimental fact to this paradigm is that the Africans in question were captured and sold into slavery by their fellow Africans, certainly a crime nearly as heinous as the actual practice of slavery. Spielberg does show us this, but very matter-of-factly, with nowhere near the emotional charge or passion with which he depicts the whites' treatment of the slaves. For the latter, he calls forth tempestuous lightning storms for back-drop, while he shows us shot after shot of pained, anguished, screaming faces in fast montage, while the former is simply and briefly shown with ordinary straight...