Word: bertrande
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...more respectable among philosophers than it has been for a generation to talk about the possibility of God's existence. The shift is most striking in the Anglo-American academies of thought, where strict forms of empiricism have reigned. "What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know," declared Bertrand Russell. And A.J. Ayer, on behalf of logical positivism, decreed that "all utterances about the nature of God are nonsensical." The accepted wisdom was that the only, valid statements were those verifiable through the senses...
...victory culminates an incredible success story for the Big Red, which becomes the first number eight seed to win the crown in the tournament's 19-year history. Sporting a 9-11 record with two games remaining, coach Dick Bertrand's charges topped Providence and Boston University to edge Maine for the final playoff spot, and then knocked off the tournament's top three seeds--Boston College, Clarkson and the Big Green--to cop the title...
During period two the Big Red dominated play as well as the scoreboard. The Crimson had trouble getting the puck out of its own zone, setting up attacks while crossing the blueline, covering the speedy wings Big Red coach Dick Bertrand had shooting on goalie Wade Lau all night, and--most of all--converting the few real opportunities they did have into goals. The telling statistic: a 14-5 Cornell advantage in shots on goal for the period...
...Bertrand I. Halperin, professor of Physics, agreed, saying, "There will be many scientists who will refuse to participate in existing programs...
Dugal and Bertrand expect such incidents to be the exception, however, even though they will be using vastly more sensitive equipment than in Montreal. During the 1976 Games, 2,049 tests produced only eleven positives, eight of which were for anabolic steroids. A similarly small tally at Lake Placid would please Dugal. Says he: "We're not there so much to catch people using drugs as to discourage them from doing so. I'd be happy if we didn't get a single positive reading...