Word: peered
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Despite resistance, sociobiology has been absorbed into the scientific mainstream, and Wilson's spadework in the fields of entomology and island biogeography has passed rigorous peer review. His book On Human Nature won a Pulitzer Prize in 1979, and this year he shared the Crafoord Prize with population biologist Paul Ehrlich of Stanford. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences administers the $240,000 award, established to recognize areas not covered by the Nobel Prizes...
...himself that sometimes the biggest clues are the ones that were right on front of your face all along. The Two Jakes dervies its power from Gittes' introspection. He comes closer to finding the solution to the case--and his own peace as well--when he is able to peer inside Berman and find himself. This film is not called The Two Jakes for nothing; Gittes and Berman share more than the same nickname...
...Heavy peer pressure is just one factor. Contact sports may be inherently violent, but, notes Harvard's Dr. Lawrence Hartmann, president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association, "sports today is a phenomenon of excess, of ferocious aggression." Players are encouraged to bash opponents out of a game, by fair means or foul. Brawls and scuffles interrupt baseball and basketball games, and hockey melees have long been so common they are considered just a part of the show. Few athletic officials seem upset. Instead of quickly handing out fines and suspensions, too many coaches and managers engage in long-winded debates...
...industry, where I had built up a very respectable reputation. Maybe the advantage of being part of the Vice President's family at the time was that I was accepted more quickly in terms of age and years in this community than others of my peer group...
...doors to every religious, political, or social organization, no matter how controversial or distasteful its views may be? I think not." Even Justices Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan, who concurred with the majority ruling, expressed serious reservations. In order to preserve the separation of church and state and counteract peer pressures, the pair insisted, schools must "make clear that their recognition of a religious club does not reflect their endorsement of the views of the club's participants...