Word: phenomenon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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However, noting that the burst of light was not followed by any detectable radiation, as presumably would have been the case after a nuclear detonation, scientists have since been asking whether the flash was not in fact the result of some freakish natural phenomenon. Could it have been caused by a falling meteorite...
...determine if some natural phenomenon "spoofed" a nuclear explosion or if some natural phenomenon interfered with the observations...
Students and counselors give traditional reasons for the drinking, including escape from parental supervision, a phenomenon that has always been a part of the freshman year. But there are signs that economic anxiety and tougher competition are more significant factors. "Students are very concerned about job opportunities and the economy,'' says James Corbridge, vice chancellor at the University of Colorado. "They say, 'What's going to happen to me?' '' Adds an undergraduate woman at the University of Kansas...
...phenomenon is still a fledgling fad elsewhere. In Boston and Atlanta, many department store buyers have adopted a wait-and-see attitude and are limiting supply. "They're really horrible," says one Boston department store manager, "and normally things that don't look good don't last." Body-conscious Californians have yet to be seduced by the latest fashion invasion. Explains one 40-year-old sylph: "I worked really hard to stay looking good, and I'm not going to cover it up with baggies." The jeans have been well received among Chicago high schoolers...
...worker's almost total indifference to this verified illegality is a fascinating phenomenon, one rarely analysed in terms of labor injustices and ripe Conway's analysis falls short, leaving the reader with simply a sense of frustration. Stevens employees are torn between contradicting impulses of self-interest and blind sentalmentalism, their vision of a happy past and a strong faith that the future will be better. Stevens workers are bewildered, complacent, and left to die slowly with brown lung disease and blank disillusionment, but Conway doesn...