Word: dices
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Albert Einstein never did turn relativity into what he always meant it to be - just one part of a "unified field theory," a single set of universal laws marrying the Newtonian and subatomic worlds. He died bemoaning the spread of probability-based quantum physics - "God does not play dice with the universe," he famously insisted - but he never could top it, and succeeding generations of scientists haven?t come much closer...
...idea whose time has come. Bush believes the best way to ensure that boomers have enough money for retirement is to allow them to divert about a sixth of their payroll taxes into the financial markets in search of higher returns. Most Democrats say such a roll of the dice could create a new generation of aged poor--and the Dow and NASDAQ have recently been acting like Democratic allies. So the party dug in its heels last week, as Senate majority leader Tom Daschle called the report "biased, misleading and flat-out wrong." That brave stand masks a weakness...
...While the first "revolution" of GE under Welch's watch was characterized by a slice-and-dice philosophy, subsequent phases have focused on growth of both informality and of quality control...
...high-stakes game letting kids roll the dice with their futures this way, and the risk--indeed the certainty--exists that at least a few of them will fail. But with their parents standing watchfully by, they need to be allowed to try. The more chances kids take, the greater the odds they will come up winners--and the chips they collect if they do can be priceless...
...high-stakes game letting kids roll the dice with their futures this way, and the risk - indeed the certainty - exists that at least a few of them will fail. But with their parents standing watchfully by, they need to be allowed to try. The more chances kids take, the greater the odds they will come up winners - and the chips they collect if they do can be priceless...