Word: phenomenons
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...short, the brain is a hot topic, and while a complete understanding of its inner workings will be a long time coming, the surge of interest in things cerebral has already produced tantalizing results. It turns out that the phenomenon of mind, of consciousness, is much more complex, though also more amenable to scientific investigation, than anyone suspected. Descartes was right in one sense: the mind is not a physical object, and while it exists within the brain, it has no particular location. The destruction of any given part of the brain can severely alter the mind...
...images reflect America's sexual interests, however, is a matter of some dispute. University of Chicago sociologist Edward Laumann, whose 1994 Sex in America survey painted a far more humdrum picture of America's sex life, says the Carnegie Mellon study may have captured what he calls the "gaper phenomenon." "There is a curiosity for things that are extraordinary and way out," he says. "It's like driving by a horrible accident. No one wants to be in it, but we all slow down to watch...
Once the storms of perimenopause have cleared, many women see little reason to remain on estrogen. Some enter a period of well-being, famously dubbed "post-menopausal zest" by anthropologist Margaret Mead. In her latest book, New Passages, Sheehy calls this the "pits to peak phenomenon": Women emerge from the morass of menopause with "a greater sense of well-being than any other stage of their lives...
Harvard may not be the real world, but the real world can be influenced by the University's progeny , especially those with a little perspective on the 'Net phenomenon, such as the dinosaurs of the Class...
...attributes this phenomenon to time constraints, pressure to keep up with the explosion in new scientific technology and huge tuition debts that can be paid off more easily by larger salaries specialists and surgeons earn. He alsoportrays medical school applicants in a negativelight, calling them "biokids," "brainoids" and"organodweebs." According to Langone, they are allafflicted with the competitive, noncooperativeillness called "premed syndrome...