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...root of the problematic culture which has plagued this academy has been its reluctance to hire and foster the tenureship of faculty members of color," said first-year HDS student Luis S. Hernandez Jr., also a founding member of UNITED, in opening remarks at the gathering, which was attended by close to 100 people...
...work of FFL proves that a commitment to education, outreach and resources and support for women in need does not depend on pro-choice or pro-life labels. Like the early American feminists who opposed abortion, FFL seeks to address systematically the root causes of the problem, and has in the past fought for the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Violence Against Women Act, stronger child support enforcement and the elimination of child exclusion measures in welfare reform. In doing so, it has worked with groups such as Planned Parenthood of America, the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action...
There's even a root uneasiness with maleness itself in some Rude Boy culture. The Man Show theme--"Quit your job and light a fart/ Yank your favorite private part"--gives the show a pitiable, twilight-of-the-empire feeling: The patriarchy ain't what it used to be, kid, so shut up, scratch yourself, and check out the jugs on this girl...
Depression is not an inevitable disease of old age, and people with depression need not be written off. Effective treatments include psychotherapy--which helps patients understand the root cause of depression and revise their approach to the problem--and antidepressants. The preferred treatment is a combination of both...
...better idea of what could be in store, it helps to know what physicians believe lies at the root of most heart attacks. The trouble begins decades earlier, when the inside of a coronary artery becomes damaged--usually as a result of chronic high blood pressure, high cholesterol or the deleterious effects of smoking. The body tries to repair the damage, and a kind of internal scab is formed. Years go by, and the scab develops into a fatty deposit, filled with cholesterol, proteins and bits of cellular detritus. Sometimes the plaque is quite stable, and nothing much happens. Other...