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That sort of reasoning drives critics up the wall. It was bad enough, they say, when string theorists treated nonbelievers as though they were a little slow-witted. Now, it seems, at least some superstring advocates are ready to abandon the essential definition of science itself on the basis that string theory is too important to be hampered by old-fashioned notions of experimental proof...
...from 1968 until 1972, and a full professor until 2000. Glauber was also an adjunct lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government until 2000. NASD, facing the possibility of an SEC investigation into conflicts of interest among private regulatory firms, announced in April 2005 that it would abandon “all meaningful ownership” in the NASDAQ exchange. In his press release, Glauber said he “came to NASD six years ago with the goal of transitioning the organization away from owning markets, and focusing it solely on its regulatory mission...
...Veritas” can push me further and further away from reality. Yet, I’m fortunate that every trip to Guatemala slaps me in the face with a taste of that reality. In my latest journey home, I realized we have a need to abandon abstractions and focus on finding sustainable ways for others to provide for themselves.Three 60-year-old brothers occupy my memories of the early part of this summer: Don Saúl, Don Celso, and Don Rubén. Each of them owns a small plot of land in the rural Pacific town...
...earlier, a UNIFIL convoy of armored personnel carriers had inched their way up a heavily cratered coastal road in an attempt to reach Tyre to provide relief supplies to the stranded families of the force's civilian staff. The troops, however, were forced to abandon their APCs halfway into their journey because of Israeli shelling of the road and instead spent the night in bomb shelters...
...cooperation with North Korea. They'll try to get around it, but they'll be in violation of a Security Council mandate." Iranian officials in particular may worry that getting caught dealing with North Korea will sway China to support tough U.S.-European proposals aimed at forcing Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions...