Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were surprised to find that the gusts measured more than 20 m.p.h. Some investigators theorize that these winds had careened off a nearby range of low mountains and swept back across the desert, creating crosscurrents and general turbulence. Said 82nd Airborne Major John Dye: "Desert people have seen the phenomenon before. We had not, even though we jumped into this place four weeks ago on another exercise." The military investigation is expected to continue for several weeks. One grim lesson already has been learned-in the future, more complete wind measurements will be taken before those colored plumes are sent...
...noticed a lot of people were getting hurt," explains Nicholas, who will attend New York Medical College in the fall. "I knew that didn't need to be the case, so I decided to examine the phenomenon...
Indisputably, injuries haven't blossomed into a cultural phenomenon in the College in general. There's a highly persuasive body of thinking that claims any rise in injuries parallels a similar rise in gross athletic activity. But there is a particular musty corner where ailments breed like morning glory. It's in the rambling yet-elusive, unwieldy net work of intramural sports...
Sorry, Repentance and redemption remain at the center of the Judeo-Christian ethic, and one can construct a neat political universe based on the phenomenon of apologia. Some points on the spectrum of political apologists, ranging from Left to Right, include Noam Chomsky. Anthony Lewis '48. Henry Kissinger '50, and Norman Podhoret. Without passing judgement on the issues for which these apologists apologize, or the calculations of interest lurking beheath, one can safely conclude that the art of apology persists...
...SALIENT observations must qualify any assessment of the Right's success here First, most of the initial media interest in the phenomenon last fall focused on the appearance of two publications: the Dartmouth Review. Hanover's irresponsible, gay-baiting rag, and later, Sauter's Salient. At Harvard, whatever discussion there has been on the conservative issue has also revolved around the newspaper Regardless of its extreme stands, it's impressive that they cared enough to get the thing off the ground, people say as they scan The Salient over lunch. Impressive, yes, but the impetus came from the outside--from...