Word: assertation
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...laws of motion were the cat's pajamas, explaining everything under the sun and many things beyond, but 2 1/2 centuries later a Swiss patent clerk toppled their notions of space and time. Obviously, Galileo and Newton did not foresee what Einstein found. I think it's ahistorical to assert that in the future there will never be an Einstein of, say, the mind who will be able to pull together a theory of consciousness. And even if it's true that some of the big unanswered questions of science may never be answered, a lot of new and exciting...
...this context of accepted scientific procedures, single occurrences present a knotty problem. Their "truth" cannot be denied, but how can we use their existence to assert any generality rather than an explanation for a singular circumstance? For specific events of history--the rise, domination and extinction of dinosaurs, for example--we seek no such generality, and specific narrations for bounded events supply the explanations we seek. Thus a particular asteroid, striking the earth 65 million years ago and leaving evidence of its impact off the Yucatan Peninsula, probably triggered a global extinction that sealed the fate of dinosaurs and many...
...committed that matters, not his condition on the stand. The defense is counting on the legally irrelevant but nonetheless widely recognized impact of their client's demeanor in the courtroom. But if the jury feels that Goldstein is acting crazy for their benefit, as the prosecution is sure to assert, the whole ordeal may be for nought. Second, there's no telling what will happen if Goldstein testifies. "The danger of bringing a witness to the stand is that the advantages his testimony provides may be outweighed by whatever negative evidence might also come out," says TIME senior writer Alain...
...Still, it's in Washington's interest not to look too power-hungry. "The U.S. has got so much on its plate right now," says TIME Brussels bureau chief James Graff. "There are so many areas where the U.S. looks as though it's trying to assert unilateral power. It doesn't need another one." While Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has asked the E.U. not to take the Koch-Weser rebuke as an attempt to keep Fischer in power, it appears Schroeder will have to resign himself to the fact that the next IMF chief will...
Desperate to bring a little glory to Yale Coach Tim Taylor '63 in the final home game of the regular season, the Elis tried one last time to assert themselves offensively...