1.Eventhedoctoraldegree,longrecognizedasarequired“unioncard”intheacademicworld,hascomeunderseverecriticismasthepursuitoflearningforitsownsakeandtheaccumulationofknowledgewithoutimmediateapplicationtoaprofessor’sclassroomduties.
2.Whileaselectionofnecessarydetailsisinvolvedinboth,theofficermustremainneutralandclearlytrytopresentapictureofthefacts,whiletheartistusuallybeginswithapreconceivedmessageorattitudewhichisthentransmittedthroughtheuseofcarefullyselecteddetailsofactiondescribedinwordsintendedtoprovokeassociationsandemotionalreactionsinthereader.
3.ArticlesinthepopularpressevencriticizetheGrossNationalProduction(GNP)becauseitisnotsuchacompleteindexofwelfare,ignoring,ontheonehand,thatitwasneverintendedtobe,andsuggesting,ontheother,thatwithappropriatechangesitcouldbeconvertedintoone.
4.Otherexperimentsrevealedslightvariationsinthesize,number,arrangement,andinterconnectionofthenervecells,butasfaraspsychoneuaralcorrelationswereconcerned,theobvioussimilaritiesofthesesensoryfieldstoeachotherseemedmuchmoreremarkablethananyoftheminutedifferences.
5.TheChinesehavedistributedpublicationstofarmersandotherruralresidentsinstructingtheminwhattowatchfortheiranimalssothateveryhouseholdcanjoininhelpingtopredictearthquakes.
6.SupportersoftheStarWarsdefensesystemhopethatthiswouldnotonlyprotectanationagainstanactualnuclearattack,butwouldbeenoughofathreattokeepanuclearwarfromeverhappening.
7.Neitherwoulditpreventcruisemissilesorbombers,whoseflightsarewithintheEarth’satmosphere,fromhittingtheirtargets.
8.CivilrightsactivistshavelongarguedthatoneoftheprincipalreasonswhyBlacks,Hispanics,andotherminoritygroupshavedifficultyestablishingthemselvesinbusinessisthattheylackaccesstothesizableordersandsubcontractsthataregeneratedbylargecompanies.
9.Duringthenineteenthcentury,sheargues,theconceptofthe“useful”childwhocontributedtothefamilyeconomygavewaygraduallytothepresentdaynotionofthe“useless”childwho,thoughproducingnoincomefor,andindeedextremelycostlytoitsparents,isyetconsideredemotionally“priceless”.
10.Wellestablishedamongsegmentsofthemiddleandupperclassesbythemid-1800’s,thisnewviewofchildhoodspreadthroughoutsocietyinthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturiesasreformersintroducedchildlaborregulationsandcompulsoryeducationlawspredictedinpartontheassumptionthatachild’semotionalvaluemadechildlabortaboo