Word: fact
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...college, was perceived as something that scientists and engineers and maybe doctors might need but not the majority, and since then there's been a pervasive impact of quantitative forms of reasoning. So the second one is the emphasis on foreign cultures, which again I think reflects the fact that as late as World War II, when the Gen Ed program was introduced, we saw ourselves only temporarily involved in an international conflict, and it wasn't until later that we saw that we were going to be increasingly and permanently involved in a more and more interdependent series...
...fact, the NBER strives to remain research-oriented and discount a project's lack of immediate application. The federal government funds many of the bureau's projects through the National Science Foundation and through individual agencies for which NBER does work. But NBER's charter states, "the bureau makes no recommendations on legislation or policy, only determines economic factors with impartiality...
...himself with the B-School faculty and programs. The current dean, Lawrence E. Fouraker, will leave his post some time next year. Bok says his report is not meant to be critical of Fouraker, but neither he nor Fouraker will give reasons for the dean's departure. Fouraker, in fact, has no comment at all on any of Bok's criticism...
...great tragedy of science is the slaying of the beautiful hypothesis by the ugly fact," she added...
...when he tries to add some organization to his endless list of alums. At one point, he tries to distinguish the difference between the proto-Harvard man--one whose ancestors also attended the school-- and the neo-Harvard man. From there, he somehow gets around to talking about the fact that Harvard produced such diverse individuals as Danial Ellsberg and McGeorge Bundy (Lopez naturally doesn't tell you that Bundy never received a degree from Harvard...