Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...taken in by "catchy phrases" about student choice. While the amount of editorial space used to advocate the same position on the same issue is the prerogative of The Crimson staff, I became disturbed when the bias seemed to spill over into the actual coverage of the debate, a phenomenon that culminated in the naively uncritical interview of the former grape worker who was chosen by the United Farm Workers (UFW) to be questioned, and whose answers were given through a UFW "interpreter", who happened to be the union's vice president...
...while motherhood at Harvard may be a rare phenomenon, Ocon and Payanzo soon learned that they had more than just two options. With the help of the administration, the Financial Aid Office, the Housing Office and support services across campus, both women realized that raising a child and earning a degree weren't incompatible...
...There's a policy question...at Harvard in which some very talented people do not get tenure," he said. "This is a disagreeable phenomenon...
...must agree with Krauthammer that the El Nino phenomenon is being blamed for things that it has nothing to do with. Instead of focusing on the hype and rhetoric surrounding El Nino, the U.S. should reflect on the underlying causes of global warming and cooperate to slow or eliminate them. If they fail to do this, humanity will be headed toward a disaster of biblical proportions. By burning the rain forests, freely using fossil fuels and increasing the pollution from motor vehicles, mankind may one day create a hell on earth, where fertile regions, such as lush tropical rain forests...
...misguided to say there is no link between global warming and recent anomalous El Nino behavior. El Nino is certainly a natural phenomenon, but it occurs because there is a need to move heat out of the tropical Pacific Ocean, where it would otherwise build up. Because global warming caused by increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere disturbs the heat balance, it affects El Nino. The behavior of El Nino in the past 20 years is statistically very unusual compared with that of the previous 100 years. Determining exactly which part of this unusual behavior is connected to global warming...