Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...frightening feeling--sympathy for the devil--but not nearly as scary as what Bernays does with her women characters. The women of Bernays book, Anita in particular, are just downright unlikable. Bernays skillfully makes Anita into a stereotypical militant feminist--a hippie-turned-professor who uses gender-neutral terms and "carries around a great deal of anger...
...door, the Corcoran caved in and canceled Mapplethorpe's show. Unappeased, the ayatullah of North Carolina proposed a measure that would forbid the NEA to give money to "promote, disseminate or produce" anything "obscene or indecent" or derogatory of "the objects or beliefs of the adherents of a particular religion or non-religion" -- which, taken literally, comprises any image or belief of any kind, religious or secular...
...odds of contracting uterine cancer, many doctors added progestin to the treatment, and it was hoped that the drug would also help reduce any risk of breast cancer associated with estrogen alone. The drawback to progestin seemed to be that it reduces some of the benefits of estrogen, in particular the apparent protection against heart disease. Now the possibility of a breast- cancer risk has further muddled an already confused situation...
...council is essential, "in contrast to having people that are singularly concerned about their own districts." The mayor's supporters are also counting on splits among minorities. Some Hispanics, for example, see no great benefits to more single districts because their population is not concentrated in any particular neighborhood...
Large group discussions and a lecture series examine a particular theme each day, while small discussion groups meet every day for two hours to prepare for the next day's topic. Every participant is required to keep a journal and write on each day's theme...