Word: assessing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lashed out at Marxist-led Grenada last month before releasing classified satellite photos of a new international airport being built with Cuban aid. The island's government has been headed by Prime Minister Maurice Bishop since the repressive regime of Sir Eric Gairy was overthrown in 1979. To assess the threat, TIME Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter traveled to the 133-sq.-mi. island. His report...
...central problem in arriving at an answer is how to measure intelligence. Homo sapiens has a hard time devising IQ tests for its own species, much less trying to assess the brains of others. One trap: interpreting animal behavior in human terms. Notes Theodore Reed, former director of the National Zoo: "The public perception of animal intelligence abounds with anthropomorphic fantasies...
...plant, has been found in fish in ten Michigan rivers and is the source of considerable anxiety among local residents. Says Diane Herbert, a young mother of two children: "Almost everyone seems to have thyroid problems, and there are a lot of skin tumors and allergies in pets." To assess those fears, Michigan's state health department is seeking state or federal money for a major study of dioxin's effects on residents...
During the past 15 years, a vigorous body of scholarship in humanities, social sciences and life sciences has begun to illuminate the political, cultural, economic, and social roles of women, to assess the contributions of women to society and culture, and to analyze the function of gender in a wide spectrum of societies and cultures. Under the broad rubric of Women's Studies, that scholarship has both produced new knowledge and revised our understanding of established information and modes of thought Scholars have tapped neglected resources that reveal women's experiences, and have brought to the forefront often forgotten texts...
Sidney Verba '53, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education said the survey will assess the strengths and weaknesses of individual courses. Results will be released next fall...