Word: field
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Long term studies are the heart of the forestry program, which does not require students to take any classes to get their degree, but instead has them do field research culminating in a thesis...
...Jesse L. Bellemare, who went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, for his undergraduate work says, "The benefit is having lots of interaction with staff and getting the input from professors in the field...
...Maureen Clemmons mutters a prayer to the ancient Egyptian god of wind. An hour passes. Then a strong gust straightens the lines that attach the obelisk to two nylon kites, shaped like the ones used in parasailing. Soon the kites flip the obelisk and drag it across a grassy field. Clemmons and her 12 assistants erupt in cheers...
...pulleys, will easily lift the average pyramid stone in a 25-m.p.h. wind. "It needs more study," Gharib says, "but all of the math works." Others were persuaded by what they witnessed. "I thought it was bull," admits Lynn Velazquez, an administrator at Pepperdine University who assists with the field tests. "Then I saw Maureen use a kite to lift a log, and I started to believe...
...balm. Gates claims that this case is about whether U.S. companies will be permitted to benefit consumers through constant innovation and improvement. But it is Microsoft, not the government, that has stifled innovation and injured the consumer. And while we can all support a fair market, leveling a playing field dominated by Mount Microsoft is a daunting project of uncertain outcome. As a computer user, I will know how to judge the success of this case--an operating system that truly works. SHELDON DANIELSON Boulder, Colo...