Word: basics
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However we might wish it otherwise, the possibility of war will be with us for the foreseeable future, until such time as an effective international law enforcement system can be established. Given that basic assumption, this nation must maintain an effective and expandable military force, composed in the main of well-trained and well-led citizen-soldiers, rather than rely entirely on mercenaries. Such a force, in both its active and reserve components, will necessarily require a great many young men, including present and future students, and will also require the highest type of leadership--the type of commanders...
...Taylor Cheesewitt Professor of Applied History, whose reading lists remain on file at the Faculty Club. The typical Pompadour list was split into five areas (with such titles as "Chaos and Collapse" and "A Wing and a Prayer"), each in turn split among books "Recommended," "Critical," "Assumed," "Incidental," and "Basic." Professor Pompadour introduced many variations upon this theme, but the most successful was his habit of withdrawing all books from Widener at the start of each term, and relocating them to his home in greater Belmont...
...increasing number of economists and financial men believe that basic changes in the international monetary system can no longer be avoided. Last week Roy Jenkins, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, called for "an urgent review" of the world's monetary arrangements. In varying degrees, that view was echoed in France, West Germany, Italy and Switzerland. More and more, the experts talk of the urgent need to convene another Bretton Woods-style conference, perhaps in Washington, as soon as possible after the Nixon Administration is sworn...
Swift's depressing balance sheet is a direct result of deep cuts into the market made by streamlined and strategically located smaller packers, which now number 4,000. As in steel and some other basic industries, the moderately sized companies have proved to be nimbler and more imaginative than some of the hidebound old giants. Medium-sized outfits like Iowa Beef Packers, Inc.-which was listed by FORTUNE among the top ten companies for return on invested capital in 1967-have built their slaughterhouses and packing facilities close to livestock farms. Frequently offering faster deliveries than the larger firms...
...basic error, called the "sampling error," is plus or minus two to three per cent; this is mathematically inherent in the small sample size. To decrease this error by half, the sample size would have to be quadrupled, which would be very expensive and would slow down the process so much that the results published would no longer be an accurate reflection of public opinion at the time...