The theory was embraced in 1950s Britain, where the establishment had become seriously concerned about the threat from rebellious youth.

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The theory is that he doesn't have to get all of the establishment, because there will be other candidates who will run in the primaries in 2008 if McCain decides to run, and he's leaning that way.

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This period of conflict may last for decades, particularly if the new paradigm comes, not from some of the existing leaders of the current scientific establishment but rather from some unexpected and peripheral source, e.g. the dramatically different theory of genetics coming from Gregor Mendel in Moravia or a revolutionary theory of stomach ulcers from Barry Marshall in Perth, Australia.

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