Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What are we to make of the Le Pen phenomenon...
Atomism is that phenomenon which causes us never to become friendly with individuals we regularly see. We do, however, from opinions of them and in fact judge their worth, based on at most several syllables of information in our minds...
Rather than knowing each other, we bump into each other like hot atoms, say "hi," think something, and move on. This phenomenon is said to occur in office buildings, apartment complexes, and houses at Harvard...
...long been known, entire tracts of wilderness are dotted with lakes and streams that are essentially devoid of aquatic life. Most scientists believe the havoc is caused by airborne pollutants that are chemically transformed in the atmosphere and fall to earth in unusually acidic precipitation. Called acid rain, the phenomenon now stands accused of laying waste marine life along the Atlantic Coast as well. In a report issued last week, the Manhattan-based Environmental Defense Fund charges that nitrogen oxides spewed from U.S. power plants, factories and automobiles have played a major role in destroying fish and other creatures...
...researchers with a vital question that could be a key to controlling the disease: What is the secret of their survival? Dr. Jay Levy, a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco who has been studying an AIDS survivor, says he is mystified by the phenomenon. "Why is he able to do it?" asks Levy. "Why can't others...