Word: approaches
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...general, there are two approaches to the problem of predicting seismic disturbances. One is by observing certain phenomena which have been found to precede them. These are slight tiltings of the ground, as detected in Japan by Inouye and Sugiyama; changes in the force of gravity, as reported from Germany by Tomaschek and Schaffernicht; and disturbances of electromagnetic radiation, as observed by Italy's Piatti. No successful forecast has resulted from any of these observations. The other approach is to take cognizance of possible contributing causes of quakes, such as the tidal pulls on Earth of heavenly bodies. Herbert...
...strongly urge that the proceeds of this tax should be specifically segregated and applied, as they accrue, to the reduction of the national debt. By so doing, we shall progressively lighten the tax burden of the average taxpayer, and, incidentally, assist in our approach to a balanced budget...
Except for a cautious approach to birth control, last week's 114th General Convention of the New Church in Detroit stuck strictly to routine business. A few delegates lamented the Church's failure to proselytize the 40,000 persons who last year bought 5? copies of Heaven and Hell from its loosely affiliated Swedenborg Foundation in Manhattan...
...admits more readily than a good psychologist that psychology is not an exact science. Whereas in a few departments its methods may approach mathematical precision, in others, like research on character and personality, the procedures are just reaching the point where results of any clarity at all are possible. Yet into this hazy realm psychologists feel justified in pushing, and in reporting therefrom their findings, so long as, like good scientists, they warn the reader of factors that may obfuscate the conclusions. With no less than nine such warnings, Dr. Lewis Madison Terman, head of Stanford University's psychology...
Thus the first equation simply means that the approach of Nation (1) toward war with (2) is equal to the product of the defense-coefficients of both nations multiplied by the preparedness of (2), minus the preparedness of (1), multiplied by its fatigue-and-expense coefficient, plus the dissatisfactions-with-treaties of (1). The second equation can be translated conversely...