Word: understanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...large number of our disciplinary cases, reported sexual assaults, and the like are associated with judgment that has been clouded by drunkenness. If at all possible we'd like to have students understand these dangers in some other way than by learning from [an] unhappy experience...
...Harmony intended the film to be an artifact, something which presents all kinds of questions that you have to ask in order to understand its value. The film stands on its own as an artifact--but it's not a conventional narrative...
...while any fan of "lesbian music" knows how hard it is to be a woman, it doesn't seem as though enough others understand. Most non-feminists argue that its paradoxical for feminists to preach equality and diversity while celebrating women's studies and women's rights. After all, there are no men's studies or men's rights movements that have made a splash in the same way. My only response is that that's a shame. No female singer I have encountered, from Janis Ian to Joni Mitchell to Ani DiFranco, has ever said that being...
...that's what I find so fascinating about Monica Seles. She idolizes Mother Theresa and Mandela because they've put so much of themselves into their lives and because "nobody like them exists anymore." When Monica puts down the racket, we'll understand why her comment is so ironic. In the world of tennis, she is our ambassador of reality...
...Young Universe theory has not, and will not, undergo the trying scientific scrutiny that evolution has been subjected to for years, largely because its proponents understand that it would fail to pass a test of logic and the scientific method. Whereas evolution has years of documented research proving convincingly that it is a valid theory, there is no scientific evidence to support creationism and little to support the "Young Universe" theory. Instead, the changes in educational standards instituted by the Board will have long-term detrimental effects on the quality of education in Kansas public schools and will only harm...