Word: shows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Unfortunately this study only adds to the mounting toll of misinformation the disease. Their claim that AIDS is "rampant" in the heterosexual population is unsubstantiated by their research; their treatment of the ways in which AIDS is spread is irresponsible, and their recommendations are ill-advised. Their evidence does show that the public is not modifying its sexual behavior to prevent infection and it should be taken seriously, but one suspects that the misinformation and half-truths contained in this work are more likely to spread--and faster than any virus...
Statistics compiled by Radcliffe College show that the shrinking numbers of students who both enter and remain in the fields of physical science and engineering are representative of a national decline. Here at Harvard efforts are being focused on keeping students--both male and female--with the desire and talent to continue in mathematics and science within those departments. Organizations such as Women in Science serve as support groups for female science concentrators at Harvard-Radcliffe by sponsoring a big sister-little sister network for women scientists, as well as other programs...
...students must be more aware of the problems facing students in the sciences. They are individuals with dreams and aspirations similar to our own. So the next time a fellow student tells you their concentration, show interest, whether they are in the social sciences, humanities, mathematics or sciences. Who knows, you may learn something from them--or even become friends with a "geek...
However, Thompson said that Harvard applicants did not show a similar rise in test scores. "I don't think the pool has increased across the top. I think it's just increased across the board," she said...
...rain outside was no more than a hum to those crunched in the hard pews. The first to show that morning had been Earl Hendricks, the local political expert in this small town of five gas stations and half a movie theater (there were only shows on Friday and Saturday). Earl was in the front row, double-chin set and eyes lowered to watch Jackson ready himself for his speech...