Word: experimention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Well, three weeks into this little experiment, it is clear that the novel will not be written. Unlike at college, where my dirty clothes can pile up for weeks, laundry for working roommates needs to be done frequently and well--not wrinkled or damp like most of my clothes at...
As the plane was swooping down over the waters that encircle Manhattan, I came to a decision. Now it's true that everything seems different when you are soaring over the earth at hundreds of miles per hour, but here's what I thought. Harvard has ordained, and I have...
In his letter, Lewis affirms his support for a prior proposal by Epps regarding PBHA's structure. Epps had recommended that PBHA embark on a two-year experiment with a Board of Trustees with mixed student-non-student composition, but with only students having voting rights.
A handful of scientists have attempted to study the possibility that praying works through some supernatural factor. One of the most cited examples is a 1988 study by cardiologist Randolph Byrd at San Francisco General Hospital. Byrd took 393 patients in the coronary-care unit and randomly assigned half to...
Byrd's experiment has never been replicated and has come under some criticism for design flaws. A more recent study of intercessory prayer with alcoholics found no benefit, while Elisabeth Targ's study of AIDS patients is still too small to produce significant results.