Word: phenomenons
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...delicate and perhaps impossible task is to transform China's economy without fomenting social upheaval--a phenomenon with which he has had some experience. Born into poverty in the city of Changsha, capital of Hunan province and home town of Mao Zedong, Zhu obtained an engineering degree from elite Qinghua University in Beijing. Considered an up-and-coming cadre, he was purged as a "rightist" in 1957 for criticizing government policy, then purged again in 1965, at the start of the Cultural Revolution. Rehabilitated in 1979, he worked his way up fast, and in 1988 was named mayor of Shanghai...
...transcended ordinary expectations with its performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Op. 35. While the appearance of conductor James Yannatos met with the hearty approbation of the audience, the advent of the 1997-98 concerto competition winner produced a reaction more akin to an electric shock. The phenomenon calling himself Joseph Lin '00 strode onto the stage, sweet-faced and supremely self-possessed, and immediately filled Sanders with his charismatic stage presence. Yannatos exchanged a few words with him, then plunged into the beginning of the concerto. Lin remained imperturbable as he hoisted his violin onto his shoulder during...
...objectification of the opposite sex is a perfectly natural and unavoidable phenomenon. We all view each other through various lenses--as social beings, intellectual beings and, if the other has a complimentary sexual orientation, as erotic beings. Each lens is appropriate for particular settings. In class, a professor would be offended if a student treated her as a friend, but if the professor and the student were out for lunch, social interaction would be perfectly appropriate...
...bizarre coincidence of the breaking of the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal and the crisis in Iraq as the movie Wag the Dog opened seemed to be the epitome of life imitating art. Yet most of us misread the imitation. The real Wag the Dog phenomenon in the Clinton scandal is not about using Saddam to distract from Monica. Rather, it is about using the increased attention on the President to distract from the crisis facing the Democratic Party. The problem facing the Democrats is not Clinton's extracurricular activities. It's the sad truth that their party just doesn...
...ridiculous claim that our expressions of concern about pornography and explicit violence somehow arise from uneasiness over social activism like the Live Aid concert. Surely you know better than that. Millions of parents like me who grew up with and love rock music are concerned about the new phenomenon of popular songs aimed at younger children that glorify sadomasochism, explicit sex, suicide, incest and the occult. The Parents Music Resource Center is opposed to any Government action to address this problem, but feels that the music industry has a responsibility to address it voluntarily. TIPPER GORE Carthage, Tenn...