Word: presention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nearly all of us must be aware that Israel is celebrating its 50th year as a state. Palestinians, at the same time, have made efforts to present their side of the story. Israelis and Palestinians put forth competing interpretations of the last half-century, and at times even argue over the history itself. We observers who are neither Israeli nor Palestinian are left to tease through the differing histories if we are to gather a sense of the lingering crisis at hand...
Graves' Disease is an auto-immune disorder in which the body unaccountably attacks itself. In such disorders, the immune system is hyper-vigilant, prepared to fight off enemy viruses at all times. But when no such enemies are present, the immune system turns against its own tissues. This in turn weakens the body's ability to resist viral infection, and the vicious cycle plays itself out ad infinitum. It's unclear whether the viruses cause the disease or the disease causes the viruses. It is known that Graves' Disease is hereditary to a certain extent, although there is no clear...
...awards ceremony is inherently competitive and suggests that Harvard's students groups--groups that often share resources as well as members--somehow want to best one another. The controversy this idea has caused is actually a testament to the sense of fraternity already present among Harvard's student groups...
...discussion, moderated by Senior CNN Correspondent Judy Woodruff, included the present or former leaders of Canada, Lithuania, Bermuda, Dominica, Iceland, Poland, Nicaragua and Turkey...
...hold for our upcoming three months of freedom. In fact, in the next few months, there will be enough real-world entertainment to replace the boring diversions of TV reruns and the interminable games of our national past-time. As a helpful guide for what to expect, I present, in reverse order, the Top Ten Political Side-Shows of the Summer...