Word: tended
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...While most would not go this far, it is probable that, deep down in their heart of hearts, many science majors have similar, if less strongly expressed, feelings. Of course this inter-concentration rivalry is a two-way street. Humanities majors (and indeed probably much of the general public) tend to view their more math-and-sciencey counterparts as pale, soul-less sorts who shun the light and prefer the company of machines to that of humans. So we can see that the schism between science and the humanities is not an imagined...
...factory four times a year at a cost of $100,000 each time, to ensure that all employees attend meetings that frequently center on the environment and other social issues. He and like-minded leaders view profits as a product of doing the right thing. Interestingly, such executives tend to be onetime idealists in their late 40s or 50s. In the 1960s they might have been at sit-ins for social justice. Today they have enough success to apply practical ways to achieve their goals...
...nearly a quarter-century the U.S. has been waging a war on drugs, with little apparent success. As scientists learn more about how dopamine works (and how drugs work on it), the evidence suggests that we may be fighting the wrong battle. Americans tend to think of drug addiction as a failure of character. But this stereotype is beginning to give way to the recognition that drug dependence has a clear biological basis. "Addiction," declares Brookhaven's Volkow, "is a disorder of the brain no different from other forms of mental illness...
...Look Back is a good album but not a perfect one; a few of the numbers such as Ain't No Big Thing tend to drag. But there are moments of dark, understated glory here that make you forgive the occasional missteps. The title track is the headiest moment; when Hooker sings, "I'm gonna live for the future/ not the past," using that rumbling, Richter-scale voice to toss off decades of heartbreak, the listener is touched with a redemptive awe. Hooker is 79 years old now, and has all but stopped touring. "I'll go out once...
...accomplishment is that her story is never strained. It beats with the pulse of life and ends with a strong, heart-churning rumination on love and longing. Apart from a silly subplot involving a grade-inflation scandal, this is a smooth, insightful read. American writers dealing with race relations tend to focus on black-white or Asian-white situations; Revoyr has the imagination to depict racial issues in which whites are not the reference point...