Word: experimental
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Yuppies alone do not account for this vogue. Also nibbling on the botanical wild side are serious connoisseurs and health buffs, who for once agree about food. Introduced to these products either by travel or by the immigrants who first imported them, inventive chefs have placed these ingredients on their...
The Chicago courtroom and two similarly equipped courts in Phoenix and Detroit are part of a $75,000 experiment that may determine how the courtroom of the future will be set up. Says Jay Suddreth, president-elect of the National Shorthand Reporters Association, which is sponsoring the test: "Court reporters...
Perhaps, the greatest miscarriage on the album is Gabriel's one protest song, "We Do What We're Told (milgram's 37)." The title, with its reference to the famous sociological experiment testing mass brutality and conformity, promises a great statements, but all we get is some idle synth diddling...
...concentration of power in the hands of the few is precisely what has held many nations back. By wielding strong control over their economies, socialist states leave scant room for innovation, enterprise or experimentation. In a recent book, How the West Grew Rich, Authors Nathan Rosenberg and L.E. Birdzell Jr. write that the explanation for Western Europe's economic growth starting in the Middle Ages was the increasing dispersal of power in society. They conclude that this achievement "stemmed from a relaxation, or a weakening, of political and religious controls, giving other departments of social life the opportunity to experiment...
Democratic Party leaders are beginning to wrestle with radical approaches like these. Many of the panelists at last week's forum discussed the need to provide jobs, experiment with workfare initiatives and find ways to shape Government programs so that they encourage, rather than discourage, self-help among the underclass...