Word: phenomenons
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...When anthropologists observe cultures, they oftentimes choose a particularly unique social phenomenon that allows a glimpse into that culture’s canon of values: a Balinese cockfight, for example, or a Pueblo rain dance. These are the times when a people’s deepest shared emotions are on display, when their ideals and dreams take on ceremonial form. The good ethnographer realizes that these behaviors are not just aesthetic curiosities. They are codebooks of culture...
...slack-jawed and wide-eyed was because I had just witnessed yet another episode of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” a show that defies any preconceived notion I once had about what makes enjoyable television.For those unfamiliar with the ABC Family phenomenon, here’s a short summary: high school freshman Amy Juergens becomes pregnant after a band camp fling with playboy drummer Ricky Underwood and has to deal with embarrassment at school, problems with friends and family, and a relationship with her new boyfriend Ben Boykewich...
...Gist: By exploring the mysterious phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) that is wiping out honey bees worldwide, Jacobsen lays out a case for why we need to care - and it has very little to do with honey. A spiritual successor to Rachel Carson's seminal eco-polemic Silent Spring, Fruitless Fall walks us through the various theories put forth as causes of CCD -genetically-modified crops, global warming, God's wrath, cellular phones, loss of habitat and a nicotine-like pesticide to name a few. Jacobsen concludes that a return to simpler times - for example, before honey bees were...
...blood, tears, and competition. Sadly, life for the wannabe starlets is no different. The process to be selected for Harvard’s fall dramatic productions is an intense commotion of tryouts, callbacks (or no callbacks), and more callbacks (or no more callbacks). To fully understand this phenomenon known as “Common Casting,” I posed as an ordinary thespian and sashayed to Agassiz Theatre late Thursday night, headshots in hand. My acting experience is equivalent to the hook-up experience of most Harvardians: zero. Understandably, I needed a few vodka-tonics to get the liquid...
...complaining about the fact that Palin’s style is becoming a hot topic. “Isn’t it sad that we always judge women by how they look?” Lisa Bloom, a panelist, said, seemingly oblivious to her own role in that phenomenon (the bottom of the screen read “Sarah’s Style...