Word: mereness
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...several members of APALSA have questioned the real cause of the charges--whether they stem from bad service or from mere politics...
...Castrate species after species, and you get a pussycat. Boost the testosterone with injections and the castrated animal acts more like a tiger. In one study of men, when the testosterone levels were suppressed (in this case by researchers using medications) libido and dominant behaviors dropped. But when a mere 20% of the testosterone was added back, libido and domination climbed to the levels where they had started. Which suggests that men do not need much of the stuff to go on doing whatever it is they have already learned...
...offers the inspiring story of a model who found happiness by going into business for herself designing china. Another is the memoir of a Korean War orphan whose mother was killed for refusing to sell her half-American daughter into slavery. And since Oprah has never been content with mere voyeurism, O is also a workbook wherein you can apply what you learn. Some pages have blank spaces for writing down the things you'd like to change about yourself or postcards with sage quotations that can be torn out along perforated lines and taped to the refrigerator...
...undergraduates who have experienced the world of pre-professional ballet, the life of a dancer demands far more than mere physical and creative exertion. It involves an infectious drive to succeed, often at the expense of personal growth and relationships. "It's definitely a statement about my experience in the ballet world that I find Harvard so friendly!" reflects Anna K. Weiss, a freshman in Wigglesworth. Weiss postponed college for two years to dance professionally...
...Often in mathematics you discover a marvelous result, then find it's already been done. This happens all the time as a student, when you often find your supposed discoveries a mere 10 pages ahead in the textbook," Elkies said. But sometimes you get lucky. Work stemming from his Olympiad training led to his first published discovery. Apparently something of a boy-wonder, he came to Harvard for graduate school at 19, got his Ph.D. at 20, an assistant professorship at 23, and was tenured a month before his 27th birthday...