Word: adoptionism
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For the moment, though, Muslim political representation is small. With a Muslim population of 800,000, the Netherlands has seven Muslim M.P.s. Britain has only two, and France none. Yet people like Bassam Tibi, a professor of international relations at the University of Göttingen who coined the term...
One possible way to analyze this path, called the Technology Adoption Life Cycle (TALC), was developed by researchers observing Iowa farmers’ adoption of hybrid corn during in the 1930s. The TALC divides the population based on how enthusiastically they will embrace a new product, process or other technology...
Secondary infertility in a second marriage has a whole other layer of tension. A spouse who already has a child may not be as willing to undergo fertility treatments or choose adoption as is the spouse who is childless and desperately wants a family. "Couples need to agree upon a...
A terrorist mastermind could insert plans for blowing up a nuclear reactor in, say, the nose of a puppy on a pet-adoption website. Operatives in the field, told which nose to look at, could then check for their marching orders. Steganography is a fast, cheap, safe way of delivering...
A central feature of this equation is a value referred to as the Academic Index (AI) number. Pioneered by former Dean of Harvard College Fred Jewett, the adoption of AI by the Ivy League in the early 1980s was intended to guarantee a level of academic excellence across the board...