Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would have been easy to dismiss this episode as merely a matter of miscommunication or, perhaps, conflicting personalities. Yet, as I pondered the encounter, I began to realize that this minor event in my chaotic life represented a greater and more distressing phenomenon at Harvard...
There seem to be a few focuses to this surreal piece of cinema: the concept of performance, the phenomenon of mass gatherings and the role of the past in the evils of today...
...original rationale behind a screen saver was to prevent a phenomenon called burn-in which plagued older generations of computer monitors. When the same image was left on the screen for too long, the phosphorus layer on the surface of the screen would record that image and form a permanent "ghost" image. The "ghost" would then be visible at all times and interfere with the proper working of the monitor...
...only a few dozen. Without birth control, they spent most of their reproductive lives pregnant or nursing. "Women were never meant to menstruate on an ongoing basis," says Dr. David Olive, the head of endocrinology at Yale University medical school. If menstruation is supposed to be a rare phenomenon, then how can it be a primary defense against infection? In fact, it may turn out that menstruation is the most efficient way to start the reproductive cycle again, if pregnancy does not occur. Contends Rasweiler: "Menstruation is a marvelous way of recycling the uterus...
...deceived by the sexy name: "Chaste, Chased, and Chastened," the latest exhibit at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum, focuses on an esoteric, but intriguing, historical phenomenon. Subtitled "Old Testament Women in Northern Prints," the exhibit demonstrates how a social and cultural revolution necessitated a revolution in imagery--how a fledgling society needed to visualize the new roles it had created...