Word: confusionism
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Confusion spread in Asia last week after China’s top news agency erroneously reported that Harvard University plans to open a branch school in collaboration with the Sha’anxi International Trade College in central China.
Programs called "worms" are capable of altering a system's fundamental operations or shutting it down entirely. They delete specific portions of a computer's memory, thus creating a hole of missing information. Another type of software demon, called a "virus," instructs the host machine to summon its stored files...
The answers were far from clear. In the confusion that followed the TV announcement, a U.S. official in Washington remarked that Marcos' decision had "taken everybody by surprise: us, the [Philippine] opposition, even his own inner circle."
That was about the only praise the Philippine President heard in a week filled with recriminations, question marks and political maneuvering. Since Marcos announced a snap presidential election on Nov. 3, at least partly in response to U.S. pressure for a restoration of democracy after 13 years of authoritarian rule...
Most of the time, swelling is merely an annoyance, Almond said. But in the brain, where the skull gives cells little room to expand, it can become a problem. Almond noted that in “very rare instances,” increased pressure in the brain caused by swelling...