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Ecology |
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May 2004 |
| ". . . When periodical cicadas emerge, the do so in enormous numbers--up to 1,500,000 individual insects per acre, weighing over one ton cumulatively. That translates into 1,000,000,000 cicadas per square mile. . . ." |
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Mass Media |
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May 2004 |
| ". . . Studies demonstrate that, as time passes, the source of a negative [political advertisement] decays, but its content remains and becomes even more powerful." |
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Ecology |
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May 2004 |
| "The top four warmest 12-month periods on record have come in the last six years. The 17 warmest years since record-keeping began in 1867 have occurred since 1980. It is clear that the temperature is rising" and thousands of deaths are the result. |
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Medicine & Health |
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May 2004 |
| When afflicted with depression, men "may become frustrated, discouraged, angry, irritable, and abusive" or "engage in irresponsible behavior. . . . It often takes courage to ask for help." |
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Worldview |
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May 2004 |
| Is it possible for the beleaguered nations of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan to become beacons of success with the help of U.S. foreign intervention? |
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Education |
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May 2004 |
| Opportunity scholarships "can be the road to quality education and all that it means--personal growth, economic success, and a greater range of employment alternatives. Education is freedom." |
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Entertainment |
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May 2004 |
| From Clark Gable and James Stewart to Robert De Niro and Tom Cruise, from merry olde England to modern America, here are over 20 films worth watching. |
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American Thought |
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May 2004 |
| "If mankind is to avoid destructive wars, or achieve modes of life enhancing the human experience, we must work to realize these goals." |
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Economics |
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May 2004 |
| "Policymakers have to refocus their energies away from trying to stop outsourcing to finding ways to help those affected." |
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Science & Technology |
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May 2004 |
| ". . . Nanotechnology deals with devices that are 1/1,000th the width of a human hair or, to put it another way, as much smaller than a football as a football is smaller than the distance from the Earth to the moon." |
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Economics |
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May 2004 |
| "Cost reductions from outsourcing . . . open up new market opportunities for U.S. companies to generate additional jobs here at home. . . . Outsourcing and the savings its generates are the beginning--not the end--of the adjustment process." |
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Psychology |
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May 2004 |
| Many "therapists feel frustrated, threatened, and trapped in an unhealthy alliance" with insurance companies." |
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Religion |
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May 2004 |
| These women are paired together in portraits that honor their importance as cultural leaders and celebrate their desire to praise the Lord each Sunday, crowned with stunning headresses of fur, felt, or straw, which are adorned with feathers. . . |
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Business & Finance |
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May 2004 |
| ". . . Corporate 'persons' have been given many superhuman qualities. They have infinite life spans, reside simultaneously in many nations, create their own parents, and cut off parts of themselves to form new entitities. . . ." |
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Museums Today |
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May 2004 |
| ". . . In order to be viewed as serious professional artists, these women chose to forego the very domestic life they so romantically portrayed." |
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Law & Justice |
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May 2004 |
| "Those empowered by the [Sarbanes-Oxley] Act--the SEC, IRS, and Oversight Board--have been put in a position where they easily could overstep their boundaries to the point where they almost are running America's companies." |
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National Affairs |
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May 2004 |
| "The problem with the [Central Intelligence Agency] lies within its structure and culture. It does not match the task because the analytic side of intelligence is unlike any other function of government." |
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Museums Today |
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May 2004 |
| "Diverse and deeply rooted in personal aesthetic and philosophy, [these] compelling images engage the eye and imagination while satisfying the needs of commerce in its many facets." |
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