What this study clearly shows is that not only is it possible to instil false memories in a significant minority of people, but that these false memories can have a marked effect on behaviour.
Federal funding of stem-cell research has been withdrawn as a result of pressure by people-a minority among taxpayers-who take a moral stand against it.
Unfortunately, the few scientific investigations of yawning have failed to find any connection between how often someone yawns and how much sleep they have had or how tired they are.
According to figures collected in 1977, the total of corporate contracts with minority businesses rose from $77 million in 1972 to $1.1 billion in 1977.
But few of the 30,000 Colombians who used to cross each day to shop do so now, because Venezuela's National Guard confiscates their goods when they recross the border, says Mr Uribe, the shopkeeper.
Despite the excellent work and deep commitment of our nation's teachers and principals, students in high poverty, high-minority schools are unfairly treated across our country.