A lot of them can't stand the discipline and they can't get their drugs in the refuge. We can't put them under lock and key because that would be a violation of their human rights.

Those are two drugs you don't want to get mixed up.

Personally, I would like to see a department store. Nordstrom would be fabulous. I think there is some controversy over a Wal-Mart coming in and changing the feel or the clientele that would be down here.

I think it's sad to see some of the businesses leaving. It seems to me there are a lot of people who come here to shop who work in this area so, I know they're trying to revitalize ... it's too bad to see that happening.

Data that did not fit the commonly accepted assumptions of a discipline would either be discounted or explained away for as long as possible. The more contradictions accumulated, the more convoluted the rationalizations became. 'In science, as in the playing card experiment, novelty emerges only with difficulty,' Kuhn wrote. But then, finally, someone came along who was willing to call a red spade a red spade. Crisis led to insight, and the old framework gave way to a new one. This is how great scientific discoveries or, to use the term Kuhn made so popular, 'paradigm shifts' took place.

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