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Word: exacts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Statistically speaking, it is probable that the exact totals of a recount would differ from the announced tabulations, although there is no way of judging whether the change in totals would acect the election's outcome...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Petition Urges 'Cliffe Council Recount Votes | 3/12/1952 | See Source »

Skinner is a dedicated man: "I place my faith entirely in the experimental and scientific method. I believe firmly that psychology can be an exact science some day. After all, three hundred years ago our knowledge of chemistry was no greater than our knowledge now concerning the causes of human behavior...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Scientific Psychologist | 3/11/1952 | See Source »

Right now all of Skinner's energy is focused on proving that his animals can be used as a basis for understanding the human organism. He fully realizes that making psychology into an exact science is no easy task, but even more firmly, he believes it can be done...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Scientific Psychologist | 3/11/1952 | See Source »

...every department of the game the varsity hockey team looked terrible last night. Not only could B.U. outstickhandle, outskate, and outfight the Crimson, but they could score at will--14 times, to be exact, while Harvard got only three goals. The Crimson, playing its worst game of the season, was never in contention...

Author: By James M. Storey, | Title: B.U. Sextet Beats Crimson, 14-3 | 2/26/1952 | See Source »

Guys was no less exact when he turned to studies of Parisian life. Each night, from memories of daytime excursions, he worked on sketches of promenading beauties and dandies, coachmen and soldiers, Paris streets and fashionable salons. But few outside a small circle of friends knew or appreciated Guys's Paris sketches. Hundreds of drawings piled up in his studio or were peddled unsigned for a franc or less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: 19th Century Reporter | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

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