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...meantime, concerned observers are left to wonder, "What lies behind the itchy trigger finger of groups like APALSA? Why are Harvard students apparently so quick to cry racism?" The obvious answer is that they have been trained to see too much of the world in terms of race. Episodes such as this most recent near-boycott are the direct outgrowth of that mindset which contends that ethnic studies is an academic discipline on par with History. They are the direct outgrowth of that mindset which obsessively counts the number of women and minorities on Faculty. And, they are the direct...
...example, Jones said, he wants the center to take on major ongoing issues like global warming, trigger locks on handguns and aid to Africa...
...time of day they occur and whether they're constant or wavering in intensity. 3) Describe not only the severity but also what the pain feels like (throbbing, gnawing, stabbing), since even seemingly trivial details can help a doctor make a diagnosis. 4) Remember the sort of things that trigger the pain (the type of movement, for example) and whether rest or exercise relieves it. Certainly, tell your doctor whether you've had any treatment before and if it made a difference...
...back in time by one year, unfortunately, you'd need a loop containing about half the mass-energy of an entire galaxy. Worse yet, the contracting cosmic-string loop would probably trigger the formation of a rotating black hole, trapping any time-travel regions inside. You would almost certainly be torn apart by near infinite space curvature before you could travel anywhere...
...mangrove forests help shield human settlements from the storm surges that accompany tropical cyclones and hurricanes. Biologists estimate that 50% of the world's mangrove forests have already been replaced by everything from shantytowns to cement plants and shrimp farms. Stir in the expectation that rising temperatures will trigger a rise in sea level, and you have a recipe for unprecedented disaster...