Word: sociologist
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Though abortion is common, "even last year people were going around talking about the A word," says Evelyn Mahon, a sociologist at Trinity College Dublin. "It's our last great taboo." This debate has forced the issue into more open dialogue. The referendum "means that people have to confront an unpalatable truth," says McManus, health spokeswoman for the Labour Party, which opposes the proposal. "We do have a relatively high level of abortion...
...technically employed by the state haven't received a paycheck in months. Bloody labor protests have convulsed dozens of industrial towns this year. Tired of relying on lackadaisical police and ineffectual courts, normal citizens are also becoming restive. "People have no way to complain," says Shan Guangnai, a sociologist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. "So they've started to take revenge themselves...
...nearly six months before China convicted and expelled her. The scholar, whose son and husband are American citizens, was one of several academics with U.S. ties arrested this year. But she is vowing to defy Chinese threats to keep silent and has spoken openly about her experience. The bespectacled sociologist's controversial specialty? Gender studies...
...military is unable to prevent Laskar Jihad troops from continuing their attacks, it will constitute a chilling victory for the Islamic extremists. "They've managed to evict the military from Poso: not even Fretilin could do that in East Timor," says Tamrin Tomagola, a Muslim sociologist at the University of Indonesia. "If the situation is not brought under control, Poso could become the peak of all communal conflicts in Indonesia. The whole of Sulawesi could be engulfed and the conflict could then spread as far as the southern Philippines. This is a key fear...
...would leave your family over and over again...You’re a risk taker.” This is not how I would have assessed my personality, but I guess that’s why she’s the psychic and I’m the elephant sociologist...