Word: experimental
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The Prime Minister's success in defusing the unemployment issue is doubly impressive because the economic experiment called Thatcherism is, by her reckoning, only halfway completed. Upon coming to power in 1979, she reduced income taxes (the top rate fell from 83% to 60%), raised the value-added tax (a...
According to Sociologist William Simon, "The affluence of the '50s, '60s and '70s gave us courage to experiment with our lives. With the present economy, there is a sense of cautiousness. There is more commitment to careers and coupling because we are hedging our bets for social and economic security...
A guy I scooped ice cream with a couple summers ago had this thing with his boyfriend where they would experiment with different during-the-act comments aimed at getting one another to lose focus. He and I would brainstorm on our shared-shift, and came up with some pretty...
The experiment involved 33 subjects, who were asked to watch either a sad video or a video designed to be emotionally neutral. Afterward, participants were given the opportunity to buy sporty water bottles with the $10 they received for participating. Results showed those who watched the sad video were willing...
In a recent experiment one group of people was shown a sad video clip about the death of a boy's mentor, while another group viewed a non-emotional clip about the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers then produced an insulated water bottle and asked how much of the $10 the...