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Canadian Journal of History;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......least, thinking that there are alternate explanations, and that these alternate explanations, being more universal, are more...occasionally nod towards these alternate explanations, but appears to be carried back...

C.S.A.

The Stranger;  March 23, 2006 ;     326 words ......speculate about how the history of the United States would have changed had the South won the Civil War. Instead of charting a plausible alternate narrative, however, writer-director Kevin Willmott chooses actual events (from 1865 to the present) and gives them a shiny...

SOME SPLASHY EXPRESSIONS

The Boston Globe;  September 17, 2000 ;     667 words ......are how some familiar expressions may have originated. Let us say at the outset, though, that we realize there are alternate explanations for some of these. A scuttle was a hole cut into the side of a ship for light and air. A butt was a wooden cask for...

Facing Global Warming.(Statistical Data Included)

World and I;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......climate change driven by human activities? Certainly, alternate explanations can be proposed. These include land-cover changes resulting...science of climate change were fully aware of proposed alternate explanations of the observed patterns of change in recent decades...

Economists say school calendar, weather to blame for weak consumer...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 4, 2004 ;     355 words ......Dyer, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 4--Carolinas economists are pointing to two alternate explanations for June's weak consumer spending that have nothing to do with gloom among shoppers: Unseasonable June weather and school...

Wallowing behavior of American bison (Bos bison) in tallgrass prairie: An...

The American Midland Naturalist;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......hypotheses previously suggested to explain wallowing behavior by bison. Based on our observations we suggest that the alternate explanations for wallowing behavior are not mutually exclusive. However, only the relief from biting insects hypotheses was consistent...

India Probing Cause of Midair Crash; Officials Rule Out Traffic Control...

The Washington Post;  November 14, 1996 ;     700+ words ......deadliest midair collision was not caused by problems in the air traffic control system for New Delhi, but they left alternate explanations to public speculation and a judicial inquiry. Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Civil Aviation Minister C.M. Ibrahim...

System didn't cause crash, officials say Black boxes from planes involved...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 14, 1996 ;     541 words ......deadliest midair collision was not caused by problems in the air traffic control system for New Delhi, but they left alternate explanations to public speculation and a judicial inquiry. Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Civil Aviation Minister C.M. Ibrahim...

Anything could happen in alternate history

Winnipeg Free Press;  December 30, 2007 ;     461 words ......penny is a similar half-degree turn from reality. Like its prequel, Farthing, the book takes place in a frighteningly plausible alternate history in which England negotiated a separate peace with Germany in 1941 and abandoned the European continent to the...

"Congratulations, you have been randomized into the control group!(?)":...

Journal of School Health;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......be considered evidence based or efficacious. (1-10) Randomization reduces the chance that extraneous factors serve as alternate explanations for observed differences in outcomes between treatment and nontreatment schools and strengthens the claim that the intervention...

Explosive baggage: female Palestinian suicide bombers and the rhetoric of...

Women and Language;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......understand the motivations for engaging in terror. Media coverage, particularly in the West, appears to actively search for alternate explanations behind women's participation in terror in a way that does not seem paralleled in the coverage of male suicide bombers...

Judas: Betrayer or Friend of Jesus?

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......hand, he has to undermine the traditional view that Judas is the betrayer, and on the other hand, he has to construct a plausible alternate explanation of Judas' action. Already in the first chapter, on the nature of the sources, K. begins to lay the groundwork...

The last neuronal division: a unifying hypothesis for the pathogenesis of...

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......treatment strategies, seem to spark controversy nowadays. Studies that apparently contradict one another or propose alternate explanations are published monthly. Patients' hopes are raised with the announcement of each new drug trial. Then hope is lost when...

Can you take the lead?

Journal of Staff Development;  October 1, 2007 ;     670 words ......behavior management, parent involvement). Yes No * Educator beliefs that act as barriers to teaching and learning. Yes No * Alternate explanations. Yes No * Mindfulness. Yes No * Culturally responsive curriculum, instruction, and leadership. Yes No You have the SKILLS...

What hostile clients are really saying: (first in a series).(Roadblocks to...

Addiction Professional;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......really thinking on the inside. Review the most challenging clients on your current caseload, and see if any of these alternate explanations might apply to them. They might be thinking: 1) I've done some horrible things that I'm really ashamed of. If I'm honest...