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...years, evidence has been accumulating that alcoholism is at least in part an inherited disease. Studies of children of alcoholics and "alcoholic" strains of lab animals have lessened the profound social stigma associated with the condition. But the 18 million admitted alcohol abusers in the U.S., from Kitty Dukakis to Darryl Strawberry, still struggle against the suspicion that people who drink excessively are weak, bad or both...
...dramatic nature of the photographs [from the Valdez spill] has had a profound effect on the perceptions of the American public about the severity of environmental issues," Stavins says...
...world has a profound impact on almost every American's life. From foreign ownership of manufacturing plants to migrant labor to the state of the global environment, Americans--even the worker in Kansas--are part of a larger system than the U.S.A. We let ordinary people in other countries have that knowledge, why can't we give it to the worker in Kansas...
...pseudo-profound milkmaid, Dickinson gives another of the play's outstanding performances. Her character is just daffy enough, gazing off and batting her eyelashes when she declares, "Life is such a mystery." While the milkmaid is essentially a one-note role, Dickinson keeps her surfer-girl facial expressions varied and amusing...
...seemingly inexorable European settlement of the Pacific Coast, there are strangers in the Western paradise. Other peoples too have sought the "good country," though instead of crossing the continent, they have crossed an ocean; instead of looking back to Europe, they trace their bloodlines to Asia. The profound impact they have made on the West is a case study of the changes that will sweep the nation as it gradually moves beyond the melting pot. As Asians bring vitality and a renewed sense of purpose to the region, is history repeating itself with a twist? Just as Europeans took...