Why Prejudice Persists Across Ages and Cultures
A college symposium question explores why prejudice endures in science and education aged societies. The piece argues prejudice is self reinforcing as discrimination spurs defensive, amplified responses in targeted groups, creating a cycle of bias across religious, racial, and sexual lines.
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France
U.S
The Silliest Souvenirs and a Mud Sale Tale
A humorous tour of gimmick goods sold to tourists from California coast to Davenport Iowa. The writer recalls fake English air cans, empty can promotions, London Bridge fragments, and a pitch for Alamitos No 1 mud in glass vials at ten dollars each, limited to 200000 collectors.
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Davenport
Iowa
Santa Catalina Island
Avalon
Avalon Bay
California
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Californios
Food and Drug Administration
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Tower Bridge
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Untapped oil boon could boost Long Beach economy
The author says the offshore oil and gas deposits of the Southern California shelf offer a major economic opportunity. Public hearings in Beverly Hills February 6 7 and 8 are set as the federal government considers bids on 1.7 million offshore acres. Estimates claim billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of gas could reshape local energy and jobs.
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California
Los Angeles
Orange Counties
Beverly Hills
Bureau of Land Management
Feds
Long Beach
Treatment with nitroprusside aids severe mitral regurgitation
Researchers at the University of North Carolina report intravenous sodium nitroprusside as a powerful vasodilator that improved heart function and saved two near death patients with severe mitral regurgitation, potentially helping get patients to valve surgery.
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University of North Carolina
William Grossman
Mitral
North Carolina
Grossman
Robert B. Kalmansohn
UCLA
International College of Angiology
Internal Medicine News
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