Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thought homosexuals were supposed to be limp-wristed effeminates. Now I read that we're aggressive, murder-inclined males subject to a "blend of sex and male-to-male rivalry" that can prove "explosive...
...strategy, drawn largely from a 1975 Brookings Institution study, has been to coax the Arabs and Israelis to an early Geneva conference at which a comprehensive (in contrast to a step-by-step) solution would be negotiated. A fair settlement, according to Carter's many statements on the subject, would resolve three fundamental issues: the nature of peace for Israel, the borders of the warring states, and the fate of the Palestinians. In his search for settlement, the President has met with Egypt's Anwar Sadat, Jordan's King Hussein, Saudi Arabia's Prince Fahd and Syria's Hafez Assad...
Abortion, of course, is a painful issue that has given rise to few ennobling ideas. Anyone who comes to an easy decision on the subject is probably a moral idiot. Four years ago, the Supreme Court declared it legal to terminate a pregnancy in the first three months, or up to six months in some circumstances. About a million legal abortions are now performed every year in the U.S.-a third of them paid for with Medicaid funds. But last month the Supreme Court decided, by a vote of 6 to 3, that the states and localities are free...
Sociobiologists think that evolution has produced different physiques, behavior and attitudes in males and females-a touchy subject for feminists. Trivers says the female is not equipped for the chase and shows no interest in it. And Edward Wilson reminds readers that in the million-year hunter-gatherer period of evolution, men hunted and women stayed home. Adds Wilson: "This strong bias persists in most agricultural societies, and on that ground alone appears to have a genetic origin...
Still, while it remains the champion of analgesics, aspirin has lately become a subject of considerable controversy. Doctors and health officials are becoming increasingly worried that many people may be overdoing a good thing. Taken in excess, aspirin can cause ringing in the ears, dizziness, mental confusion, stomach bleeding and, as an anticoagulant, special problems for those with blood-clotting difficulties. Not the least of its hazards is its interaction with other drugs. As the Food and Drug Administration's Dr. William Gilbertson puts it: "Aspirin is safe, effective, but must be respected...