Word: arrows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...holy war, who carry amulets to ward off bullets. Though some of them wear only loincloths, there are usually a few in each band who wear immaculate white robes and ride Arab stallions. One man in ten has a gun; the rest fight with spears or bows and arrows -for which Garros has considerable respect. "They killed a lion the other day with a poisoned arrow," he said, "and it took only ten seconds...
...council members were selected ona proportional representation system devised by Kenneth J. Arrow, Frank W. Taussing research Professor of Economics...
...Arrow-who estimated that the ballots would take four people three days to count-said that the computer produced the results after calculating for 15 minutes...
...Fainsod Committee had recommended that Council members be appointed by the dean of the Faculty, and approved by the Faculty. The Faculty later voted to elect the Council directly and selected a committee headed by Kenneth J. Arrow, professor of Economics, to devise a proportional selection system...
...hope to have the results by Friday afternoon," Arrow said yesterday. "If this were done by hand, it could take four people three or four days to do it-and even then, the chances of error would be great...