Word: experimention
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The American experiment has always been an experiment in democratic indirectness. The people do not get instant gratification for their political wants. They have them filtered first. The passing of these filtering institutions may be inevitable, but it is no cause for celebration. The parties, Big Media and Congress are...
Though Ueberroth has taped the Rebuild L.A. name to a dozen private initiatives since May, he knows the "rebirth" of South Central Los Angeles will not happen without some pushing and pain. Ultimately, it depends on whether the government decides to provide incentives for long-term investment in inner cities...
It all began, appropriately, in the afterglow of an Optimist club meeting in Lafayette, N.Y., on a Thursday night in the winter of 1972. Over a couple of beers, Doug Keller was telling fellow Optimist Clay Smith about an experiment one of his Syracuse University graduate students was doing. As...
In the electric-energy field, regulatory policies have all but stifled creativity. Utilities, says Jack Siegel, the doe's coal expert, "are not rewarded for the successful risks they take, but if they take a risk that fails, they are penalized. It's lose-lose." And yet, according to the...
Queen said the administration will also givethe proctors the option to work in other parts ofthe summer school. Proctors may chose to work onthe summer session's Model United Nations program,or on a collaborative learning experiment thecollege is conducting.