Word: paradigm
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...view from space also offers support for a scientific theory that is becoming the paradigm of the new environmentalism. First proposed by British inventor and chemist James Lovelock, this theory, called the Gaia hypothesis, argues that the earth functions as an organism and that life processes regulate the planet to maintain its habitability. According to Gaia, no single species, not even humanity, is necessary to the functioning of the biosphere...
...NASTY GIRL. A Bavarian schoolgirl starts poking into her hometown's Nazi past and becomes the local scourge. Michael Verhoeven turns social satire into exhilarating comedy. And Lena Stolze is a perky paradigm for young Germans unafraid of old demons...
...arguing that it was the best compromise that could be achieved. But as soon as the plan was presented, the Administration, House Speaker Tom Foley and minority leader Robert Michel promptly found themselves absorbing fire from left, right and center. The plan's Medicare component immediately became one paradigm of the scheme's vulnerabilities. Loreen Gephardt, 81, mother of the House majority leader, seemed to speak for the 33 million other Medicare recipients when she urged her son to leave Medicare alone. "I would rather he wouldn't touch Medicare, because we were already paying pretty much and not getting...
...most current students, the paradigm gut class has always been Literature & Arts C-14: "The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization," a class more commonly known as "Heroes for Zeros." But undergraduates responding to last year's class in the CUE guide rated the course at 3.0 for workload and 2.8 for difficulty--only slightly below the 3.1 and 3.0 respective averages for all of last fall's Core courses...
Indeed, the New Kids are a paradigm of pop's renewed stress on success and salesmanship. At their appearances, vendors hawking New Kids merchandise will help pull in an estimated $400 million this year. Giant video screens keep the crowd engaged during intermission with New Kids multiple-choice trivia contests (Q.: Who is Jordan's favorite singer? A.: Frank Sinatra) and with repeated, insistent references to McDonald's, which has pitched in a bundle to sponsor the group's U.S. tour. "They're a very wholesome, all-American group that has the same kind of family values that McDonald...