Word: revelation
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...studies so compelling. As scientists keep reminding us, evolution is a random process in which haphazard genetic changes interact with random environmental conditions to produce an organism somehow fitter than its fellows. After 3.5 billion years of such randomness, a creature emerged that could ponder its own origins--and revel in a Mozart adagio. Within a few short years, we may finally understand precisely when and how that happened...
...teach Historical Study B-45, “The Darwinian Revolution” in the spring. It turns out she was more fit for the Harvard environment than Larry.Potential concentrators should try out a class to see how they like the concentration and its department—and then revel in the fact that everything from computer science to religion courses can fulfill requirements. And if you have electives to spare, it’s worth browsing the departmental classes. They are small, well-taught, and intellectually engaging—if you don’t mind...
...right. In general, men need to recognize that when a woman gives up control of caretaking duties, that threatens her identity as a mother more than it adds to his identity as a father. Researchers at the University of Illinois have studied how people see themselves as parents. Men revel in being fathers, and they will rate themselves as excellent dads regardless of how many diapers they change. Not so for women. The culture has told her she's not a real mother unless she's the one getting up in the middle of the night with the baby...
...only by inculcating the maxim that the pen is mightier than the sword rather than the one that says power flows from the barrel of a gun. Samuel Nwankwo Madrid The cover picture of al-Zarqawi with a red X on his face was insensitive and frankly revolting. To revel in the death of a fellow human being, no matter how hateful to you his actions may have been, is no way to encourage the cessation of terrorist activities or bring opposing parties to the mediation table. Ask any South African. We heard just the same tales regarding the terrorists...
...French are ready to demand more of ourselves in general. There's a real problem at the foundation of our society. To catch up we need a President and Ministers and intellectuals who want to listen. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has complained about the déclinologues who revel in chronicling France's fall. Are you one? I'm very critical of the state of French universities. But in the end, I suggest that with major surgery we can improve things. So I don't consider myself a déclinologue, but rather someone unhappy about seeing my country...