Word: humanization
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...think, in the end, the Alaska spill was caused by compounded human failure. In Louisiana that was legitimately an act of God. We still don't know why that pipeline broke, and it doesn't look like corrosion. But the refinery was halfway back up in 15 days, and is now fully operational. Incidentally, there were a lot of heroes in that accident. It was a good safety response. As for Arthur Kill ((the big New York spill)), that was an act of God ripping that pipeline, but the way it was handled afterward was human error...
Whether they are solving conundrums at the root of human history or painting a picture of ancient civilization, archaelogists agree that their work is often subject to the whims of chance. Scientists may spend years surveying land in search of a site or they may stumble upon entire buried cities while looking for small hunter-gatherer dwellings...
...Yosef's groundbreaking work on human origins, and the scholarship of many of his colleagues, has bolstered the standing of archaeology as an academic discipline, scholars...
Laura Smith's editorial piece ["Just Say Hello," March 20] on treating the homeless like human beings in order to preserve their dignity touches on one of the most crucial issues of our time: the homeless problem and how we who have roofs over our heads should address it. It is difficult to look someone asking for spare change in the eye as you walk past on your way to lunch in a warm dining hall. The issue that needs to be addressed, however, is not "our" reaction to "them," but the existence of homelessness at all in the country...
When making a buck from human liberty is involved, the possibilities are endless. We might think that Gorbachev is just being cynical for cashing in on huddled masses yearning to breathe free. But long before Gorbachev demanded money for Lithuania's freedom, AT&T used television images of tearful Berliners to sell long-distance service. Who was the first to see dollar signs in democracy...