Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Players swarm the field! Harvard wins, 21-14! My pregame prediction was proved correct...
...kind of informal poll. First I ask people if they've ever heard of Guantanamo Bay. If they say yes, I ask them where it is. If they know it's in Cuba, I ask them who controls it. And so far I've had only two or three correct answers to this last question...
...seeking out one disturbed therapist after another. The good news is that patients, on an unconscious level, often tend to be aware of the erratic behavior of those who are treating them. "Mostly what happens is that patients perceive the madness of their therapists and try to correct it," Langs says. "Unconscious attempts by patients to cure the errant therapist are quite common...
...geologists are correct, more major earthquakes are in store--and soon --for the Pacific coastal areas of Mexico and neighboring Guatemala. McNally believes the region could be hit by as many as five earthquakes in the 8.0 Richter range during the next five years. Precisely when the temblors will occur is another matter. Geologists are still restricted to long-term predictions, parceled out by the year or decade rather than the month or day. But by closely monitoring quake zones, they hope to find subtle clues that will lead to more precise and reliable forecasts. Keiiti Aki, a geophysicist...
...German slogan is brought back from the front: "Wir siegen uns zu Tode" (We'll conquer until we're all dead). And Gertrude Stein addresses a wounded French soldier: "Well, here is peace." The poilu replies, "At least for 20 years." As the world knows, his timing was tragically correct, almost to the hour, the day and the year...