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Early Head Start, an extension of the decades-old Head Start program, was established in 1995 on a wave of academic and political interest in brain development during early childhood.

Added to this is a new wave of academic observations concerning people's "cultural backgrounds" that are supposedly responsible for the problematic view of women that could have led to the Cologne attacks.

The rise of so-called integration circles coincides with what many practitioners are calling a psychedelic renaissance, signaled by a new wave of academic research into the possible medicinal benefits of substances like psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in mushrooms) and MDMA.

Waving the banner of academic freedom, the council wants to protect students and faculty members who take stands that may be unpopular.

It has been the trigger for a wave of task forces, academic disaster tourism and feverish speculation, from Forbes magazine and National Geographic to the United Nations' habitat programme.

A new wave of violent attacks against academics is sweeping campuses in Athens and Thessaloniki, leading Greek professors to question a law that bans police officers from entering university grounds.

It said: "Many more universities are likely to follow suit, amounting to a wave of punitive actions against academics solely on the grounds that they have criticised the government's policies in the south-eastern provinces.

University lobbyists are hoping that Alexander can also wave his magic wand to make government oversight of academic research less onerous.

The study represents a new wave in academic medicine: the application of rigorous, Western scientific methods -- including the gold standard of medical research, the placebo, or fake therapy, as a control -- to test alternative therapies, from ginkgo biloba to shark cartilage to a mystical Chinese healing art known as qi gong.

The settlement was greeted with a wave of scorn from financial reformers, academics and other critics.

Drawing on a wealth of academic studies, it argues that merger waves have four distinct phases, which are mostly a reflection of changing business confidence.