Word: mongolian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East Asian studies is an exotic subject for most people," Coolidge said, when explaining the difficulties he has had in fund-raising for the project. "It's not like building a hockey rink or a sicence building. Not everyone can relate, for example, to Mongolian affairs...
...were dramatic changes in the levels of dopamine, a substance that transmits nerve impulses among the brain cells that help coordinate movements. The amount of this chemical in the left halves of the brains was about half as much as it was in the unaffected right hemispheres. Tests on Mongolian gerbils reinforced the observations. When the brains of these deliberately "stroked" animals were analyzed, the affected hemispheres were found to have 46% less dopamine than the undamaged sides...
...from their motherland by the imperialists who divided China early in this century. In addition, India's Northeast Frontier Agency is claimed by China as part of its former dependencies. In 1962, the Chinese moved 30,000 troops into the territory--where the inhabitants are predominantly Tibeto-Burmese of Mongolian origin--and laid claim...
...extra chromosome that is characteristic of Mongolism: the older the mother is, the greater the chance of having a Mongoloid baby. So when a Mongoloid child is born, even the doctors do not really know what went wrong. They only know that that one little chromosome will make a Mongolian idiot out of a normal baby. They know it will give this infant bendy knees, slanted eyes, a slack jaw, a low IQ and a nebulous place in society...
...frivolous behavior of many white students must also repel blacks, most of whom have little desire to major in Mongolian or frolic in a club while their central cities crumble. Competitive whites in school for no purpose beyond personal gain must appear bizarre to most blacks, who were socialized in a more communal, and in many ways more humane environment...