Word: representation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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On problems of peacemaking and the prospects of civil war. The evidence seems to be clear that they [the black leaders who participated in the agreement] enjoy the support of a great mass of black Rhodesians?perhaps near the 90% mark?and we represent clearly the views of white Rhodesians...
The researchers investigated the claim of biorhythm supporters that a disproportionate number of accidents and disasters-perhaps 40% to 80%-occur on "critical" days that represent only 20% of a person's life. In fact, says the Hopkins team, of 205 serious or fatal highway accidents in Maryland in...
"We humans, using 10 per cent of the land area of the earth, and fertilizing it, represent a very big influence," he added, citing the high amounts of nitrous oxide that fertilizer production releases into the air.
The main events were the lion dances. Members of local martial arts clubs, trained in the special movements of the dance, donned colorful costumes and performed at each storefront. Yon G. Lee, director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Brighton, explains that the lion symbolizes a good spirit, capable of...
This itself was an act of inspired chutzpah that cast Fiedler as a cultural freak, an outsider and kinsman to all the Chingachgooks and Queequegs whose "otherness" defines white America. Freaks: Myths and Images of the Secret Self is a natural extension of Fiedler's concern with the "other...