Word: encompassing
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...topic. A debatesurfaced questioning whether the human race wasone species or many. Some well-known scientistswere convinced that there was, in fact, no unityin the human race. The differences between people(Black, white and Indian being the maindistinctions drawn by scientists at the time) weretoo great to encompass the same species, theytheorized. A Scottish judge and "dabbler inmetaphysics," Lord Kames (1696-1782), had remarkedthat the differences between races could hardly beaccounted for by environment. He held that whites,Blacks, and Indians were inherently differentspecies. Had he not 'known' that God created onlyone single pair of the human species, he mighthave...
Shared memories are the second unavoidable thread that runs through our conversations, which always start with "Remember when..." and quickly grow like kudzu to encompass anything any of us ever did in our younger years. Inevitably, the conversation ends with raucous cackles about good times or devious tricks that seem rather far away--and rather banal...
Clark said student concerns encompass five areas: access to the collection, availability of study space, scheduling issues, impact on academic work and impact on other Law School functions...
Herschbach was asked to comment on the fearthat science may eventually encompass and explainall of human culture, including the humanities...
Additionally, the sooner people realize the vast amount of both general and Harvard-specific information available on the Internet, the sooner the network will begin to encompass everyone's lives here at Harvard...