Word: defendent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...science to resolve festering public debates. Everyone sees something different--like 100 people finding shapes in clouds. By the time they make up their minds, the clouds have drifted beyond the horizon. But scientists who have spent their lives studying sex differences in the brain (some of whom defend Summers and some of whom dismiss him as an ignoramus) generally concede that he was not entirely wrong. Thanks to new brain-imaging technology, we know there are indeed real differences between the male and the female brain, more differences than we would have imagined a decade ago. "The brain...
...John H. Marburger III, seems to be having trouble with Bush’s disregard for the future of scientific research in America. He is certain that Bush “really believes that science is important,” but the best he could come up with to defend the science budget was the assertion that although the budget is “austere, we are not going backward.” Sadly, we are not going forward either...
...thought our penalty kill was really solid,” Donato said. “I thought we were in sync and did what we were trying to do to defend what is a very dangerous power play...
...base in Germany and prepare for a redeployment to Iraq later this year, Anderson rented a car and drove to Toronto. Since arriving, Anderson has joined several like-minded U.S. soldiers fighting an uphill battle to gain refugee status in Canada. "I joined the Army to get money and defend my country, not to kill innocent people and fight for a war that is unjust," says Anderson, who earned his medal for the minor injuries he sustained April 11, when a homemade explosive device sprayed shrapnel all over his armored vehicle during a patrol in Baghdad...
...Importing Knowledge Re your report on the Davos World Economic Forum [Jan. 31]: Those who defend economic globalization against the charge that it makes rich countries poor often refer to the reasoning of economist Jagdish Bhagwati and his colleagues. They maintain that it is not realistic to assume that globalization will take high-end jobs away from rich countries. Supporters of globalization say it is not probable for China or India to suddenly develop a huge number of workers with sophisticated and complex skills because the educational sectors in those countries face enormous difficulties. One of the advantages of globalization...