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...Mead, then, went to Samoa, Freeman says, as Boas' disciple, a believer in the power of environment and thus bound to find evidence supporting that doctrine. Specifically, Boas sent her off to the South Seas to study, in Mead's words, "the relative strength of biological puberty and cultural pattern." There, she carried out most of her research on Samoan female adolescence by regularly seeing, mingling with, and interviewing some 25 girls between the ages of 14 and 20 over a period of several months. Almost entirely from what she learned from these girls, Mead constructed her happy picture...
...picture evolves through a circular discussion of different aspects of the man, rather than unfolding in a sequentially predetermined order. In this sense it is an unorthodox biography. There His no chapters, no neatly presented "phases," no strictly chronological pattern in Hildesheimer's story. His introductory remarks on the problems of writing about Mozart spill over, undivided, into the first chosen issue of the biography...
...atmospheric pressures at opposite sides of the great ocean. At this time of year, a great, spongy mass of warm, wet air ordinarily hangs over Australia and Indonesia, while the eastern side of the Pacific is covered with relatively dry, cool air. Not so in 1983. A high-pressure pattern is locked over Australia, while the South American coast is awash with heavy, humid air. Says Eugene Rasmusson, chief climate analyst of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): "Every few years there is a seesaw effect, and there are dramatic results around the earth...
...playing ability. Though unable to pull off any major wins on the California tour, the netmen did top high ranked San Diego State and came close to beating UCLA, one of the nation's most highly-touted squads Harvard's goal is to master a consistent winning pattern so that when tough competition comes along in a couple of weeks, the players won't have to psych themselves up, but simply play their best tennis routinely...
Frahm does not have anyone specific in mind as his successor. "It's not as easy as it looks," he said yesterday of the bell, which is rung in a set pattern with a common dining, half knife. Although he would "definitely like to see someone play next year," he added that he would like only one successor, who appreciates the timing needed to produce an effective crowd response...